Blog – Page 36 – 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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Ginner-Mawer Update. October 1938

Ginner-Mawer Update. October 1938 Among Miss Mawer’s collection of newspaper cuttings, this one has a little surprise right at the end: “Miss Ginner, Miss Mawer and Miss Sherwood are taking over all the classes in Greek, National Dancing, and Mime at the headquarters of the Women’s League of Health

September 20, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Irish Mime. 26 September 1938

Irish Daily Telegraph, Belfast Even the tiniest of news paper articles could find its way into Miss Mawer’s cuttings scrapbook – sneaking in here thanks to the person in question being a Fellow of the Institute of Mime. We learn of Miss Burgess (presumably Helga who I have written about

September 13, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Buxton Drama School Festival. August 1938

The Times, London 25 August & High Peak News, Buxton 27 August The previous year’s pop-up drama school had been acknowledged as having been a big success, so it was to be repeated this year. The drama school was held by the British Drama League, under the banner of the

September 6, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Activities of the Ginner-Mawer School. August 1938

Activities of Ginner-Mawer School. August 1938 Dancing Times This round-up of activities of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama opens with the bold news that Her Majesty Queen Mary attended a performance which included members of the Ginner-Mawer School, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Queen attended

September 6, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Do You Move Beautifully? 31 July 1937

Eastern Daily Press Norwich & Liverpool Post Presumably a press release, these two news clippings from different parts of England are exactly the same. In it, we seem to hear the voice of Miss Peggy Butler (a stalwart of the Institute of Mime who took the art to Scotland) who