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.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 261000
Status Released
Released Great Britain May 30, 1939
Content Rating United States of America NR
Runtime 90 minutes
Genres Musical Drama
Original Country Great Britain
Original Language English
Production Company BBC
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Wilfrid Grantham
as The Lepidopterist
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Edmund Willard
as The Tramp
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Pamela Standish
as The Chrysalis
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Frank Birch
as Mr. Beetle
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Maire O'Neill
as Mrs. Beetle
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Charles Peters
as Robber Beetle
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Rupert Bruce Lockhart
as The Ichneumon Fly
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Sheila Kay
as The Larva
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Leslie French
as Mr. Cricket
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Wendy Toye
as Mrs. Cricket
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Geoffrey Wincott
as The Parasite
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Wilfred Franks
as The Blind Ant Timekeeper
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George Hayes
as Chief Engineer
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John Boxer
as Second Engineer
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Douglas Allen
as Messenger
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Bruce Adams
as Signal Officer
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Charlotte Bidmead
as The Butterflies and Moths
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Celia Franca
as The Butterflies and Moths
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Clifford Bax
Karel Čapek
Nigel Playfair
Paul Selver

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Stephen Thomas

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Stephen Thomas

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Karel Čapek
Josef Capek
Frederic Austin
Andrée Howard
Hugh Stevenson

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The Insect Play

Wilfrid Grantham as The Lepidopterist * needs role-specific image

Edmund Willard as The Tramp * needs role-specific image

Pamela Standish as The Chrysalis * needs role-specific image

Frank Birch as Mr. Beetle * needs role-specific image

Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Beetle * needs role-specific image

Charles Peters as Robber Beetle * needs role-specific image

Rupert Bruce Lockhart as The Ichneumon Fly * needs role-specific image

Sheila Kay as The Larva * needs role-specific image

Leslie French as Mr. Cricket * needs role-specific image

Wendy Toye as Mrs. Cricket * needs role-specific image

Geoffrey Wincott as The Parasite * needs role-specific image

Wilfred Franks as The Blind Ant Timekeeper * needs role-specific image

George Hayes as Chief Engineer * needs role-specific image

John Boxer as Second Engineer * needs role-specific image

Douglas Allen as Messenger * needs role-specific image

Bruce Adams as Signal Officer * needs role-specific image

Charlotte Bidmead as The Butterflies and Moths * needs role-specific image

Celia Franca as The Butterflies and Moths * needs role-specific image