Author: Janet Fizz Curtis

Mrs Durling (my teacher of the Irene Mawer Method of Mime and Movement) loved this poem which was written by Irene Mawer and through Mrs Durling, I came to love it as well.   One day I hope to find out Mrs Durling’s history and how she came to train under

Me as Harlequin, 1986.  I made the costume myself!

Miss Mawer owned an extensive collection of information about the Commedia dell’Arte – including these postcards.

Here is one of my certificates from when I was trained in the Irene Mawer method of mime and movement. My teacher was Mrs Nora Durling, of Leeds, England.

Me!  Sitting in Irene Mawer’s chair, reading one of her mime books.   Irene Mawer (1893-1962).