Insect
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1hr
38mins
Directed by
Jan Švankmajer,
Andrew Hawkins,
Starring
Jan Budař,
Jiří Lábus,
Norbert Lichý,
Jaromír Dulava
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The Dung Beetle is late, the Parasite is asleep and Mrs Larva is more interested in her knitting than the director’s instructions. It’s clear: this amateur theatre company has a long way to go before they can perform their version of The Insect Play, a famous satirical work from 1922 by the brothers Karel and Josef Čapek which features insects with decidedly human traits: greed, egocentrism, jealousy.