John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

Sprecher: Bergl, Emily

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Produktbeschreibung

Featured title on PBS's The Great American Read in 2018 Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family's trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together. A heart-wrenching full-cast adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by John Steinbeck and a 1990 Tony Award(R) Winner for Best Play, Frank Galati's play finds its timeless heart in the generous spirit of the common man. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring: Shirley Knight as Ma Joad Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Joad Emily Bergl as Rose of Sharon Michael Buie as Connie/Others Daniel Chacón as Al Joad Maurice Chasse as Deputy Sheriff/Others Shannon Cochran as Mrs. Wainwright/Elizabeth Sandry Trista Delamere as 2nd Narrator/Al's Girl Francis Guinan as Jim Casy Charlie Matthes as Willy/Gas Station Attendant/Hooper Ranch Guard Rod McLachlan as Uncle John Robert Pescovitz as Pa Joad Joel Rafael as Car Salesman/Man with Guitar Stephen Ramsey as 1st Narrator/Others Nicholas Sadler as Agricultural Officer/Others Andy Taylor as Gas Station Owner/Floyd Knowles/Camp Director/Others Todd Waring as Hooper Ranch Bookkeeper/Others Fredd Wayne as Grampa/Mayor of Hooverville/Camp Guard Michael Weston as Noah Joad/Others Kate Williamson as Gramma/Others Live music performed by the Joel Rafael Band. Adapted by Frank Galati. Directed by Richard Masur. Recorded before a live audience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LA Theatre Works
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 120 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781522609834
• Artikelnr.: 44437366

Autorenporträt

John Steinbeck

Inhaltsangabe

The Grapes of WrathEditor's Preface to the Second Edition
Chronology
A Note on the Text
I. The Grapes of Wrath: The Text
Map of the Joads' Journey
II. The Social Context
Frank J. Taylor, California's Grapes of Wrath
Carey McWilliams, California Pastoral
Martin Shockley, The Reception of The Grapes of Wrath in Oklahoma
III. The Creative Context
Jackson J. Benson, The Background to the Composition of The Grapes of Wrath
Robert DeMott, "Working Days and Hours": Steinbeck's Writing of The Grapes
of Wrath
John Steinbeck, Suggestion for an Interview with Joseph Henry Jackson
IV. Criticism
Editors' Introduction: The Pattern of Criticism
Frederic I. Carpenter, The Philosophical Joads
Peter Lisca, The Grapes of Wrath as Fiction
Robert J. Griffin and William A. Freedman, Machines and Animals: Pervasive
Motifs in The Grapes of Wrath
John R. Reed, The Grapes of Wrath and the Esthetics of Indigence
Patrick W. Shaw, Tom's Other Trip: Psycho-Physical Questing in The Grapes
of Wrath
John J. Conder, Steinbeck and Nature's Self: The Grapes of Wrath
Louis Owens, The American Joads
John Ditsky, The Ending of The Grapes of Wrath: A Further Commentary
Nellie Y. McKay, From "Happy [?]-Wife-and-Motherdom": The Portrayal of Ma
Joad in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
Mimi Reisel Gladstein, The Grapes of Wrath: Steinbeck and the Eternal
Immigrant
Topics for Discussion and Papers
Bibliography

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A warm-hearted celebration of the persistence of the human spirit Guardian