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The Grapes of Wrath

Adapted by Frank Galati, based on the novel by John Steinbeck

About the Production

Creative Team
Cast

DIRECTOR		Jonathan Church
DESIGNER		Simon Higlett
CHOREOGRAPHER		Stephen Mear
COMPOSER		John Tams
LIGHTING DESIGNER		Tim Mitchell
SOUND DESIGNER		Jonathan Suffolk
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR		Anna Ledwich
CASTING		Gabby Dawes

MA JOAD		Sorcha Cusack
PA JOAD		Christopher Timothy
JIM CASEY		Oliver Cotton
UNCLE JOHN		William Armstrong
WEEDPATCH/CAMP DIRECTOR/SALESMAN		Paul Barnhill
PROPRIETOR/HOOPER RANCH GUARD FLOYD KNOWLES/SALESMAN/MR WAINRIGHT		Tony Bell
		Tony Bell
AL JOAD		Mark Field
GRANDMA		Jennifer Hill
ELIZABETH SANDRY		Gina Isaac
GRANDPA		Richard Kane
MRS WAINRIGHT		Anne Kavanagh
CONNIE RIVERS		Neil McNulty
NOAH		Matthew Needham
ROSE OF SHARON		Rebecca Night
MULEY		Fergus O'Donnell
TOM JOAD		Damian O'Hare
AGGIE		Holly Dale Spencer
WILLY/GAS ATTENDANT		Michael Stevenson
MAN GOING BACK/MAN WITH CLUB/SALESMAN		Andrew Westfield
STARVING MAN IN BARN/STATION OWNER MAYOR/SALESMAN		Benny Young

Plot

A family of impoverished Oklahoman sharecroppers lose everything when their farm is repossessed after a devastating drought. Driven from their home to make the monumental trek Westward to California and seduced by the prospect of opportunity and dignity, they invest everything they have in the journey. When forced to face the possibility that California may not after all be the promised land, they have no choice but to go on; nothing is left for them in Oklahoma.

Frank Galati’s groundbreaking adaptation of Steinbeck’s epic novel won two Tony Awards on Broadway. A plea for social justice and compassion, The Grapes of Wrath provides the perfect canvas for a vast ensemble cast and is an all too timely examination of a nation in search of itself. Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck’s other novels include Of Mice and Men and East of Eden.

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A powerful piece of storytelling
The Mail on Sunday
The Sunday Times
The Evening Standard
The Times
The play retains much of the book's power - the religious and political overtones and undertones; the real sense of misery.
West Sussex County Times
Great novels rarely make great plays but this production does more than enough to confirm that this adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath is a (dated) masterpiece.
The Financial Times
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The Guardian

The production was most enjoyable and I was enthralled from beginning to end. A very thought provoking and pertinent adaptation which was very well presented. This is my first experience of theatre (somewhat ashamed to say). Thank you
Brian Soothill

ETT's production of the Grapes of Wrath is astonishing in its design, quality of performance and its ability to convey such a range of human experience with such poignancy, such authenticity. The audience at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth were so moved by this strangely uplifting story of survival in the worst circumstances, of the unerring goodness and optimism of people living through economic and ecological disaster. If you get to the theatre just once this year, this is the show to see.
Laura Quigley

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