Blog – Page 47 – 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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Roedean School for Girls. 1933

Sussex Daily News 13 November 1933 The Oldest Art: mime demonstrated at Brighton Roedean is a private, fee-paying school in the south of England.  This newspaper clipping describes a mime demonstration there, given by Irene Mawer.   Reading this newspaper article in conjunction with the newspaper article described in one of my previous

August 17, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime / WI / Women's Institute

Darlington School of Mime. 1935

Darlington School of Mime Northern Echo, Darlington 6 March 1935 W.I. SCHOOL OF MIME Darlington is a town in the gritty, working class, north east of England, very close to Durham. This newspaper clipping covers a mime workshop in York, 54 miles away and is a prime example showing how

August 10, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Oldest Art. 1935

Oldest Art Yorkshire Evening News, Leeds 5 March 1935 OLDEST ART IN THE WORLD: perfect control needed, says York speaker In this tiny newspaper clipping, Irene Mawer is quoted as saying that ‘the art of mime is infinitely more difficult than the art of spoken acting.’ Now there is a

August 3, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Scala Theatre; Central School; London University Examinations

Lolly Susi’s The Central Book, p.52, says that Irene Mawer performed at the Scala Theatre as part of the Twenty First Birthday Week celebrations for The Central School.   The matinee was described as ‘the culminating celebrity event’ and was attended by Central’s Royal Patron Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.   Alongside

July 27, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Michel Saint-Denis

Michel Saint-Denis Today’s blog post information came not from a book, but rather from a podcast, which is a relaxing-on-the-eyes way to learn the history of the British drama school, and in particular the history of actor training in British drama schools. Robert Price’s podcast, episode 16 of Season One,