The Insect Play

The Insect Play

0 | 1939-05-29 | Music Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Hugh Stevenson Costume Design
Frederic Austin Music
Stephen Thomas Producer
Stephen Thomas Director
Clifford Bax Adaptation
Karel Čapek Writer
Josef Čapek Writer
Andrée Howard Choreographer

Cast

Wilfrid Grantham
Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Edmund Willard
Edmund Willard
The Tranp
Pamela Standish
Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
Frank Birch
Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Maire O'Neill
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Charles Peters
Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Sheila Kay
Sheila Kay
The Larva
Leslie French
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Wendy Toye
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket

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