“The Spinach King: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” is densely layered, containing countless rewards for anyone as ...

In “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck captures the suffocating dust storms and drought that plagued the Great Plains ...

Columnist Clive Pinder has advice for SLO County wine industry: “Let’s not sell our soul chasing Napa’s shadow.” ...

Lyric Theatre's production of "Mother Road" is a sequel to John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," following the Joad family's descendants nearly 90 years later. The play follows William Joad's ...

TV CRITIC'S CORNER AMC to adapt ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ as a TV show By Lisa Weidenfeld Globe Staff,Updated April 7, 2025, 4:43 p.m.

AMC is developing a new anthology series, with the first season set to be an adaptation of the iconic John Steinbeck novel “ The Grapes of Wrath.” The announcement was made by AMC Networks ...

Previous adaptations of Steinbeck’s timeless 1939 novel include the 1940 film starring Henry Fonda and a 1990 Broadway play led by Gary Sinise. Each season of Great American Stories will be ...

AMC to Develop Great Depression-Era Novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ as Part of Next Franchise Bet The studio hopes that "Great American Stories" will become an anthology franchise, ripped from the ...

By June 1939, "The Grapes of Wrath" had sold over 200,000 copies, and film rights to the book had been sold for $75,000. Steinbeck’s fame, which had already been solidified by his bestselling ...

Between the rise of film noir and the popularity of screwball comedies, the 1940s brought audiences an assortment of movies ...

1. The Grapes of Wrath was inspired by visits to labor camps. In 1936, the San Francisco News hired Steinbeck to write a series of articles about migrant labor camps in California.

The Grapes of Wrath is a road novel and therein lies the problem with this – or any – theatrical adaptation: there’s not much room on a stage for driving.