The Insect Play

The story

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 & crew

Wilfrid Grantham

Wilfrid GranthamThe Lepidopterist / First Snail

Edmund WillardThe Tranp

Pamela Standish

Pamela StandishThe Chrysalis

Frank Birch

Frank BirchMr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows

Maire O'NeillMrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

Charles Peters

Charles PetersRobber Beetle/Journalist

Rupert Bruce Lockhart

Rupert Bruce LockhartThe Ichneumon Fly / Inventor

Sheila Kay

Sheila KayThe Larva

Leslie FrenchMr. Cricket / Second Snail

Wendy ToyeMrs. Cricket

Wilfred Franks

Wilfred FranksThe Blind Ant Timekeeper

Geoffrey Wincott

Geoffrey WincottThe Parasite