Insect

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.

Cast

Jan Budař

as Václav

Jiří Lábus

as Dung Beetle

Norbert Lichý

as Parasite

Jaromír Dulava

as Mr. Cricket

Kamila Magálová

as Mrs. Cricket

Ivana Uhlířová

as Larva

Pavel Nový

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