Under the Sycamore Tree

"We come upon the ant colony at a time when words have replaced numbers as language; radio, telephone and a secret war weapon (DDT) have established superiority over the enemy brown ants and the scientist is ready to go beyond man's machines to man himself, to discover the "X" that makes man's world go round

The mysterious ingredient is, of course, love - and before long the scientist has taught it to a boy and girl ant, and the queen

Contentment reigns

The humanizing process continues to the point where the ants have 'politics, confusion - everything' plus the utterly unhuman factor of happiness

They manage to get rid of that but then hit upon the equally unhuman notion of conducting a full-scale non-deadly war

The scientist sets out to give this secret to the President of the United States

His attempt to gain the Presidential ear is frustrated but at least he and his queen can, like humans, conclude that they 'have lived'" ~ NY Herald-Tribune

A truly delightful piece which has proven to be enormously popular

The play book includes photos illustrating the set and costumes used in the London production

One of the most enchanting fantasies ever to appear on our list

Originally produced in England with Alec Guinness as its star