The Insect Play

The Insect Play

1939 1h 30mDir. Stephen Thomas
MusicDrama

Overview

A tramp falls asleep in the woods. He dreams of observing a range of insects that stand in for various human characteristics in terms of their lifestyle and morality: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self-serving dung beetle, the ants, whose increasingly mechanized behavior leads to a militaristic society.

Cast & Crew

W

Wilfrid Grantham

The Lepidopterist / First Snail

Edmund Willard

Edmund Willard

The Tranp

P

Pamela Standish

The Chrysalis

F

Frank Birch

Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill

Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

C

Charles Peters

Robber Beetle/Journalist

R

Rupert Bruce Lockhart

The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

S

Sheila Kay

The Larva

Leslie French

Leslie French

Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

Wendy Toye

Wendy Toye

Mrs. Cricket

W

Wilfred Franks

The Blind Ant Timekeeper

G

Geoffrey Wincott

The Parasite

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