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The Insect Play

1939
Directed byStephen Thomas
1h 30m

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 GranthamThe Lepidopterist / First SnailEdmund WillardThe TranpPamela Standish
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Frank BirchMr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'NeillMrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Charles PetersRobber Beetle/Journalist
Rupert Bruce LockhartThe Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Sheila KayThe Larva
Leslie FrenchMr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy ToyeMrs. Cricket
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GENRES
MusicDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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