Dramatisation by Donna Franceschild of John Steinbeck's seminal 1937 novel about migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of one day owning a place of their own is tragically destroyed. George ...... David Tennant Lennie ...... Liam Brennan Carlson/Crooks ...... Jude Akuwudike Lennie ...... Liam Brennan Candy ...... Christopher Fairbank Curley's Wife ...... Melody Grove Slim ...... Neil McKinven Curley's ...... Richard Madden George ...... David Tennant Directed by Kirsty Williams.