
The Insect Play
Music · Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Wilfrid Grantham
Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail
Wilfrid Grantham
The Lepidopterist / First Snail


Edmund Willard
Edmund Willard
The Tranp
Edmund Willard
The Tranp
Pamela Standish
Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
Pamela Standish
The Chrysalis
Frank Birch
Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows
Frank Birch
Mr. Beetle / Commander of the Yellows


Maire O'Neill
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist
Charles Peters
Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist
Charles Peters
Robber Beetle/Journalist
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Rupert Bruce Lockhart
The Ichneumon Fly / Inventor
Sheila Kay
Sheila Kay
The Larva
Sheila Kay
The Larva


Leslie French
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail
Leslie French
Mr. Cricket / Second Snail


Wendy Toye
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket
Wendy Toye
Mrs. Cricket
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