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The Insect Play (1939)

1939-05-29 Music, Drama, 1h 30m

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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.

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Wilfrid Grantham

The Lepidopterist / First Snail

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Edmund Willard

The Tranp

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Pamela Standish

The Chrysalis

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Frank Birch

Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

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Maire O'Neill

Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

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Charles Peters

Robber Beetle/Journalist

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Rupert Bruce Lockhart

The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

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Sheila Kay

The Larva

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Leslie French

Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

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Wendy Toye

Mrs. Cricket

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Wilfred Franks

The Blind Ant Timekeeper

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Geoffrey Wincott

The Parasite

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$0

Revenue

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Production Companies
  • BBC,
Production Countries
  • United Kingdom,
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