The Insect Play
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1939-05-29
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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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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1939-05-29
Runtime
90
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English
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BBC
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Wilfrid Grantham
Wilfrid Grantham
Edmund Willard
Edmund WillardPamela Standish
Pamela StandishFrank Birch
Frank Birch
Maire O'Neill
Maire O'NeillCharles Peters
Charles PetersRupert Bruce Lockhart
Rupert Bruce LockhartSheila Kay
Sheila Kay
Leslie French
Leslie French
Wendy Toye
Wendy ToyeWilfred Franks
Wilfred FranksGeoffrey Wincott
Geoffrey Wincott