Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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When Miss Mawer visited the lion, where was it? Why did she go there? And what did the lion look like? Well, let’s take that last question first. The best photo (and the photos are pretty scarce) was taken by well-known and respected photographer, Eric de Mare, and can be
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C S Lewis is, to many people, a children’s author; he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia tales, which includes The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Aslan is a powerful king; a wise lion who features heavily in the books – representing goodness, justice and sacrifice. Folklore has it that
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In my previous blog post, I wrote about Miss Mawer sitting on a life-sized, stone lion and that Toby had done detective work to find out where the statue was located. Toby’s methodology was absolutely fascinating – he saw loads of clues in the photo, things that I hadn’t even
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Deep in the Irene Mawer Archives (otherwise known as ‘the old biscuit tin in the attic’) there lies a lovely photo, probably taken in the 1930s. It shows Miss Mawer sitting side-saddle on a stone lion. I didn’t know where it was taken and no-one else had a clue either.
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What does the word ‘mime’ mean to you? For many people, it suggests silence: a performer with a white face, isolated in a pool of light, communicating through gesture alone. But Irene Mawer (1893-1962) developed a very different strand of the silent art – one that was rigorous, literary, and
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