Of Mice and Men
Director: Vic Mills
Two
migrant field workers in California during the
Great Depression – George
Milton, an intelligent and
cynical man; and Lennie Small, an ironically named
man of large stature and immense strength but
limited mental abilities – come
to a ranch
near Soledad southeast of Salinas, California to "work up a
stake". They hope to one day attain their shared
dream of settling down on
their own piece of land. Lennie's
part of the dream, which he never tires of
hearing George
describe, is merely to tend to soft rabbits on the
farm.
George
protects Lennie by telling him that if
Lenniegets into trouble George won't let him "tend
them rabbits"; they are
fleeing from
their previous employment where they were run out of town
after Lennie's love of stroking soft things
resulted in an accusation of
attempted rape when he touched a
young woman's dress.
At the ranch, the dream appears to move closer to reality. Candy, the aged, one-handed ranch-hand, even offers to pitch in with Lennie and George so they can buy the farm by the end of the month. The dream crashes when Lennie accidentally kills the young and attractive wife of Curley, the ranch owner's son, while trying to stroke her hair. A lynch mob led by Curley gathers.
George, realizing he is doomed to a life of loneliness and despair like the rest of the migrant workers, and wanting to spare Lennie a painful death at the hands of the vengeful and violent Curley, shoots Lennie in the back of the head before the mob can find him after they had recited their dreams of owning their own land.
Cast Characters
Mark Thomas George Milton
Dave Livingstone Lennie Small
Steve Wride Candy
Simon Divall Curly
Jerry Grummitt Slim
Angharad Chidgey Curly's Wife
Gareth Price-Stephens Carlson
Rose Sheppard Crooks
Richard Rowe Whit
Trevor Howlett The Boss
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