The Insect Play (1939)

The Insect Play Poster

1h 30min | Drama, Music | May 29, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Stephen Thomas

Producer: Stephen Thomas

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Cast & Crew

Cast (12 Members)

The Tranp

Geoffrey Wincott

The Parasite

Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

Mrs. Cricket

Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Robber Beetle/Journalist

The Larva

Pamela Standish

The Chrysalis

Wilfrid Grantham

The Lepidopterist / First Snail

Rupert Bruce Lockhart

The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

The Blind Ant Timekeeper

Edmund Willard The Tranp

Geoffrey Wincott The Parasite

Maire O'Neill Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

Wendy Toye Mrs. Cricket

Leslie French Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

Frank Birch Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Charles Peters Robber Beetle/Journalist

Sheila Kay The Larva

Pamela Standish The Chrysalis

Wilfrid Grantham The Lepidopterist / First Snail

Rupert Bruce Lockhart The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

Wilfred Franks The Blind Ant Timekeeper

Crew (7 Members)

Writer

Director

Writer

Frederic Austin

Music

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Adaptation

Costume Design

Karel Capek Writer

Stephen Thomas Director

Josef Čapek Writer

Frederic Austin Music

Andrée Howard Choreographer

Clifford Bax Adaptation

Hugh Stevenson Costume Design

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Geoffrey Wincott

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