The Grapes of Wrath
3 November 2009  to 14 November 2009
Quarry Theatre

"Not since Nicholas Nickleby has there been so classic an example of a great national book becoming an equally great theatrical event"
Herald Tribune

The Joads, a family of impoverished Oklahoman sharecroppers, lose everything when their farm is repossessed after a devastating drought and are driven from their home to make the monumental trek Westward to California. 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.

A stellar cast of twenty is led by Christopher Timothy(Doctors, All Creatures Great and Small), Sorcha
Cusack (Casualty) and Oliver Cotton.

Director, Jonathan Church is Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre where his productions have included Nicholas Nickleby, Pravda, Hobson’s Choice and The Circle. English Touring Theatre present potent, vivid and vital productions of new and classic plays; creating thrilling and ambitious theatre that is vigorous, popular and, above all, entertaining.

English Touring Theatre & Chichester Festival Theatre
Adapted by Frank Galati
Based on the novel by John Steinbeck
Director Jonathan Church
Designer Simon Higlett
Lighting Designer Tim Mitchell
Music John Tams

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