The Grapes of Wrath

T0663651596
The epic story of the Joads journey across America is both a moving family saga and an extraordinary evocation of rural life during the Great Depression. Returning home from prison after killing a man in a drunken brawl, Tom Joad finds his family about to join the great exodus from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. Like thousands of others, the Joads have their farm repossessed by the bank after the crops fail yet again. Now, three generations of the Joad family are left with no choice but to pile all their worldly goods onto a broken down truck and head west on Route 66, refugees in their own country. Held together by their indomitable matriarch, Ma Joad, they make for California, lured by tales of unlimited work and prosperity amidst the fruit groves and vineyards. Instead, their hopes and dreams - and lives - are shattered by what they find. Steinbeck s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is one of the greatest celebrations of the dignity and the endurance of the human spirit ever written. Famously filmed by John Ford, with Henry Fonda as Tom.

Book by

John Steinbeck

Archive :: production:T0663651596, play:S1062603960, venue:V374

Special Performances

9 Aug 24 Captioned
15 Aug 24 Audio Described
17 Aug 24 Sign Interpreted
21 Aug 24 Dementia Friendly
31 Aug 24 Captioned
7 Sep 24 Audio Described
12 Sep 24 Sign Interpreted

Performance

Venue	Lyttelton (National Theatre)
	Other spaces: Lyttelton Loft
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	17th July 2024
Opened	25th July 2024
To	14th September 2024
When	19:00. Mats 13:00. Aug 20, 29, Sep 5, 10 at 18:30
Prices	From £20.00. To £89.00.
What is currently on at Lyttelton (National Theatre) (V374)

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Company

Adapted by	Frank Galati
Producer	National Theatre
Director	Carrie Cracknell
Design	Alex Eales
Costume	Evie Gurney
Lighting	Guy Hoare
Music	Stuart Earl
Director	Alastair Coomer (CDG - casting)
Director	Naomi Downham (casting)
Director	Georgia Green (staff)
Performer	Cherry Jones (Ma Joad)
Performer	Zoe Aldrich (Elizabeth Sandry / 2nd Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma)
Performer	Afolabi Alli (Muley Graves / Flloyd Knowles / Understudy Jim Casy)
Performer	Rhys Bailey (Winfield / Understudy Al Joad / Noah Joad / Man in the Barn's Son)
Performer	Rachel Barnes (Band Accordion / Ensemble)
Performer	Brandon Bassir (Camp Proprietor / Officer / Ensemble / Understudy Tom Joad)
Performer	Lin Blakley (Granma / Understudy Mrs Wainwright)
Performer	Tom Bulpett (Noah Joad)
Performer	Morgan Burgess (Band Slide Guitar / 2nd Officer / Ensemble)
Performer	Ryan Ellsworth (Willy / The Man Going Back / Ensemble / Understudy Pa / Grandpa / Uncle John)
Performer	Amelia Gabriel (Ensemble / Understudy Band)
Performer	Christopher Godwin (Grandpa)
Performer	Valentine Hanson (1st Agricultural Officer / Weedpatch Camp Director / Camp Guard / Mr Wainwright / Understudy Muley / Floyd)
Performer	Greg Hicks (Pa Joad)
Performer	Harley Johnston (Ensemble / Understudy Guitar / Slide Guitar)
Performer	Natey Jones (Jim Casy)
Performer	William Lawlor (The Man in the Barn's Son)
Performer	Mirren Mack (Rose of Sharon)
Performer	Maimuna Memon (Woman with Guitar / Band Vocal / Banjo)
Performer	Matthew Romaine (Band Fiddle / 1st Officer / Ensemble)
Performer	Anish Roy (Connie Rivers / Ensemble)
Performer	Michael Shaeffer (Uncle John)
Performer	Robyn Sinclair (Mrs Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Woman with Guitar)
Performer	Tucker St Ivany (Al Joad)
Performer	Tucker St Ivany (Al Joad)
Performer	Emma Tracey (Ruthie / Understudy Rose of Sharon)
Performer	Harry Treadaway (Tom Joad)
Performer	Cath Whitefield (Gas Station Owner / Mrs Wainwright / Ensemble / Understudy Ma Joad / Elizabeth Sandry)

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