National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
2024Forced 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.
Acted in
Cherry Jones
as Ma Joad
Harry Treadaway
as Tom Joad
Natey Jones
as Jim Casy
Zoe Aldrich
as Elizabeth Sandry / Second Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma Joad & Ma Joad
Afolabi Alli
as Muley Graves / Floyd Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Jim Casy & Mr. Wainwright
Rhys Bailey
as Winfield Joad / Understudy Noah Joad, Al Joad, Man in the Barn's Son
Rachel Barnes
as Band Vocal / Accordion / Understudy First Agricultural Officer/Mrs Knowles/Woman Shot in Hand/ Bookkeeper
Brandon Bassir
as Camp Proprietor / First Officer / Second Man / First Man with Club / Understudy Tom Joad & Willy's Accomplice
Lin Blakley
as Granma Joad
Tom Bulpett
as Noah Joad / Understudy Weedpatch Camp Director & Mayor of Hooverville
Morgan Burgess
as Band Vocal / Guitar / Slide Guitar / Second Officer / Hooper Ranch Guard
Ryan Ellsworth
as Willy / Man Going Back / Mayor of Hooverville / Man in Barn / Understudy Grampa/Contractor/Pa Joad/Uncle John
Ryan Ellsworth
as Ensemble / Understudy Band/Agnes Wainwright/Ruthie Joad/Gas Station Attendant
Christopher Godwin
as Grampa Joad / Contractor
Valentine Hanson
as First Agricultural Officer / Weedpatch Camp Director / Camp Guard / Mr Wainwright
Greg Hicks
as Pa Joad
Harley Johnston
as Gas Station Attendant / Second Man with Club / Willy's Accomplice
William Lawlor
as The Man in the Barn's Son
Mirren Mack
as Rose of Sharon
Maimuna Memon
as Band Vocal / Banjo / Woman with Guitar
Matthew Romain
as Band Vocal / Fiddle / Deputy Sheriff / Understudy Man Going Back/Man in Barn/Second Man
Anish Roy
as Connie Rivers / Understudy Second Older Man
Michael Shaeffer
as Uncle John
Robyn Sinclair
as Mrs Knowles / Agnes Wainwright / Ensemble / Understudy Woman with Guitar/Mrs Wainwright
Tucker St Ivany
as Al Joad
Emma Tracey
as Ruthie Joad / Understudy Rose of Sharon
Cath Whitefield
as Gas Station Owner / Bookkeeper / Mrs Wainwright / Ensemble / Understudy Elizabeth Sandry/Second Agricultural Officer