Texas Repertory Theatre actors relish iconic roles in "Of Mice and Men"
Migrant farm workers in Depression-era California, they drift from job to job - dreaming of one day having their own ranch. Steinbeck's hapless heroes have journeyed on through two TV films, Carlisle Floyd's powerful 1970 opera, a 1992 movie remake, and countless stage revivals - right up to the hit Broadway play earlier this year, with James Franco as George and Chris O'Dowd as Lennie. Stepping into the pair's wea…