The Insect Play

1h 30min

Music

Drama

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

Wilfrid Grantham

Wilfrid Grantham

The Lepidopterist / First Snail
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

Release date

29th May 1939

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English