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The Insect Play (1939)

The Insect Play

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1h 30m

Drama, Musicals

May 29th, 1939

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Synopsis

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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Cast

Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist
Edmund Willard
The Tramp
Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle
Charles Peters
Robber Beetle
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly
Sheila Kay
The Larva
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket
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Producers

Stephen Thomas
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Clifford Bax
adaptation
Karel Capek
Nigel Playfair
adaptation
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Keywords

allegory
based on play
dance
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Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 30th, 1939 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
May 29th, 1939 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
May 29th, 1939 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) TV

Alternative Titles

The Insect Play (original title)
The Insect Play (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Running Times

90 min

Production Companies

BBC (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Distribution Companies

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

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