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Birmingham Evening Dispatch 28 March 1935 MIDLAND STUDENTS OF MIMING This is one of my favourite newspaper cuttings. It tells a similar story to the previous cuttings, only this time, there was no lecture, it was pure action: a one-day School of Mime, given by Irene Mawer as the Director
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Birmingham Mail 20 March 1935 WOMEN’S INSTITUTES: Spring Programme for Warwickshire Hidden among news of a forthcoming cookery class, we learn that ‘chief instructress’ Miss Irene Mawer was due to offer an ‘interesting occasion’, ie, a one-day school of mime. The location was to be at the Priory Room in
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Yorkshire Weekly Herald 8 March 1935 WOMEN’S INSTITUTE ONE-DAY SCHOOL OF MIME This newspaper clipping is another review of the lecture-demonstration held at the Albany Hall, Goodramgate, York. As much of what is written is practically identical to previous reviews (covered in my earlier blog posts) I have to question
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Yorkshire Herald, York 6 March 1935 VILLAGERS LEARN OLDEST ART IN THE WORLD This blog post continues the series of items which explores some of the newspaper clippings which Irene Mawer gathered throughout her career. When this article was published in 1935, Miss Mawer would have been in her
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Someone in India would like to hear from you! Can you write an article about mime in the place where you live? And/or something of the history of mime in your area? If so, a magazine in India would like to hear from you. The magazine Editor, Minangka Deka, is
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