The Insect Play
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The Insect Play 1939 Directed by Stephen Thomas

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Music
Production Company BBC
Release Date 29 May 1939
90 mins
Cast
Wilfrid Grantham
Wilfrid Grantham The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund Willard
Edmund Willard The Tranp
Pamela Standish
Pamela Standish The Chrysalis
Frank Birch
Frank Birch Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'Neill
Maire O'Neill Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Charles Peters
Charles Peters Robber Beetle/Journalist
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
Rupert Bruce Lockhart The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Sheila Kay
Sheila Kay The Larva
Leslie French
Leslie French Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy Toye
Wendy Toye Mrs. Cricket
Wilfred Franks
Wilfred Franks The Blind Ant Timekeeper
Geoffrey Wincott
Geoffrey Wincott The Parasite
Crew
Director
Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas
Writers
Karel Čapek
Karel Čapek
Josef Čapek
Josef Čapek
Producer
Stephen Thomas
Stephen Thomas
Costume Design
Hugh Stevenson
Hugh Stevenson
Music
Frederic Austin
Frederic Austin