The Insect Play

19391h 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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Cast

Photo of Maire O'Neill

Maire O'Neill

Mrs. Beetle / Philanthropist

Photo of Leslie French

Leslie French

Mr. Cricket / Second Snail

Photo of Wendy Toye

Wendy Toye

Mrs. Cricket

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