Blog – Page 14 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

October 18, 2021 Janet Fizz Curtis

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Typo

Typo. A typo (short for typographical error) is a small, unintentional mistake made while typing or printing text, such as
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A Lie-in.

This morning I stayed in bed until about 8 am – which is a huge lie-in for me. Apart from
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Part 4 – Where is Miss Mawer’s Heraldic Lion?

When Miss Mawer visited the lion, where was it? Why did she go there? And what did the lion look
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Part 3 – The Lion (and the witch, not forgetting the wardrobe)

C S Lewis is, to many people, a children’s author; he wrote the Chronicles of Narnia tales, which includes The
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Part 2 – A Heraldic Mullet

In my previous blog post, I wrote about Miss Mawer sitting on a life-sized, stone lion and that Toby had
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The Godstow Heraldic Lion

Deep in the Irene Mawer Archives (otherwise known as ‘the old biscuit tin in the attic’) there lies a lovely
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A Lost Strand

What does the word ‘mime’ mean to you? For many people, it suggests silence: a performer with a white face,
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Paraphrasing

In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I was working hard at self-editing, cutting the number of words
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Mildred Robley-Brown (nee Peters)

Christchurch Press, 1 September 1922 Irene Mawer’s influence reached right over to the other side of the world. In New Zealand, Mildred Peters (later, Mildred Robley-Browne) opened her own school of dancing, dramatic art, and mime. Having trained at Ginner-Mawer, Mildred knew the importance of mime as the underpinning of

December 3, 2024 Biography / Blog / voice

Obituary

The Stage and Television Today, 20 December 1962 Shortly before Christmas 1962, Irene Mawer died of a stroke. The obituary describes Irene as having been one of the most remarkable English mimes of her day. It also points out her other great passion in life – teaching, and acknowledges that

November 26, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Ruby Ginner Awards 2024

Milton Keynes, 3 November 2024 I was extremely pleased and honoured to be invited to the Ruby Ginner Awards. I had never been before and it was an extremely interesting day. The event is held by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Classical Greek Faculty. The ISTD is

November 19, 2024 Biography

This is Me!

Hi Everyone Sorry for the scary photo, but some of my supporters have been wondering what I look like! Well, here you go. People have also been saying they would like to know a little bit more about me and I thought I could explain about this selfie. The pic

November 12, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized / voice

Ginner-Mawer on TV

It would have been a huge event for anyone to appear on the television in 1936. The Ginner-Mawer School would have, without a doubt, been thrilled to have appaeared on the BBC. You may wonder why I have included a performance of Classical Greek Dance in an article about Irene