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.
Credits
The Insect Play Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Edmund Willard
He was 55, 72 years old when he died
|
as The Tranp |
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Geoffrey Wincott
|
as The Parasite |
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Wendy Toye
She was 22, 92 years old when she died
|
as Mrs. Cricket |
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Maire O'Neill
was 54, 67 years old when died
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as Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist |
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Frank Birch
He was 49, 66 years old when he died
|
as Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows |
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Leslie French
She was 35, 94 years old when she died
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as Mr. Cricket / Second Snail |
The Insect Play Crew
