National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Cherry Jones Ma Joad

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