
The Insect Play
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.
The Insect Play
May 29, 1939
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Cast (12)

Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail

Edmund Willard
The Tranp

Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis

Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist

Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

Sheila Kay
The Larva

Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket

Wilfred Franks
The Blind Ant Timekeeper

Geoffrey Wincott
The Parasite
Crew (8)
Directing

Stephen Thomas
Director
Writing
Production

Stephen Thomas
Producer
Sound

Frederic Austin
Music
Art
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Hugh Stevenson
Costume Design
Crew

Andrée Howard
Choreographer