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Teaching Mime Play

In last week’s post, I spoke about Irene Mawer’s approach to creating a mime play for children (Chapter 3 of The Art of Mime). This week I look at the final segment of that chapter, which focuses on how to use a mime play as a teaching tool. This mainly

February 9, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

How to write a mime play

In the early 1930s, Irene Mawer wrote a book called ‘The Art of Mime’ in which she explained the history and the technique of mime. A section of the book is devoted on how to write mime plays and although Miss Mawer’s language and terminology is considered very old fashioned

February 2, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Minangka: Assam, India and Irene Mawer

Mime friends exist all around the world, and writing Irene Mawer’s biography has been especially rewarding as I have made friends with a young man called Minangka Deka, in the Assam region of India. Truth be told, until I started to write this post, I didn’t know exactly where Assam

January 26, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Froebel, Steiner – Early Years Learning

Have you come across these two methods of teaching children in their early years – Froebel, and Steiner? Irene Mawer was interested in both methods, but I don’t yet know to what degree. Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) was born in Germany and established a method of allowing children to learn, particularly

January 19, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

What the Dickens…?

This article will talk about relatives of Charles Dickens and their relationship to Irene Mawer, and it can get a bit complicated. So here is a quick run-down of who’s who: – Charles Dickens (1812-1870), famous English author – Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933); a son of Charles Dickens. Married Marie