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The Times, 1934 This performance of L’Enfant Prodigue at the Westminster Theatre, London was a fund-raiser for the Institute of Mime. The reviewer opens the article with the following comment “One of the more obvious duties of the Institute of Mime is at frequent intervals to refresh our memories of
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Morning Post, 7 June 1934 Unusually, I have included an article which does not mention Miss Mawer. However, the newspaper clipping is in Miss Mawer’s private collection – so it must have been important to her. Further down the clipping, she has underlined a paragraph, which gives us the clue
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By the time this article was published in 1933, Classical Greek Dance (which was known as Revived Greek Dance) would be approximately 20 years old – with many of the early years being spent in developing and improving the technique. The opening comment demonstrates that it was still fairly uncommon
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Successful Recital of Mime unknown newspaper, 1928 In the lead up to Christmas, Miss Mawer presented a long and varied programme of mime. The reviewer felt that the evening’s entertainment was perhaps a little over-done, being a “…long and somewhat exhaustive programme.” The reviewer also felt that the results of
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The Sketch, 1928All English L’Enfant Prodigue The author (JTG) of the newspaper review was tickled pink to have an all-English cast of six performers, who they praised very highly: “To say that the English actors gave a performance of rare unity, subtleness and power is no exaggeration. If Miss Irene
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