Cherry Jones
Ma Joad
National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
“The great American novel reimagined”
2024
2h 26m
Director: Carrie Cracknell
Writer: John Steinbeck
Overview
Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California. Their story is one of false hopes, wrong turns and broken dreams, but also a hymn to human kindness and a tribute to the endurance of the human spirit.
Cast
20 people 
Harry Treadaway
Tom Joad
Natey Jones
Jim Casy
Zoe Aldrich
Elizabeth Sandry / Second Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma Joad & Ma Joad
Afolabi Alli
Muley Graves / Floyd Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Jim Casy & Mr. Wainwright
Rhys Bailey
Winfield Joad / Understudy Noah Joad, Al Joad, Man in the Barn's Son
Rachel Barnes
Band Vocal / Accordion / Understudy First Agricultural Officer/Mrs Knowles/Woman Shot in Hand/ Bookkeeper
Brandon Bassir
Camp Proprietor / First Officer / Second Man / First Man with Club / Understudy Tom Joad & Willy's Accomplice
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