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A Tribute to Irene Mawer by Eileen Stuart (nee Varley) This week’s blog post is of tremendous importance as it has been written a woman who knew Irene Mawer in person. The author of this piece was a full-time pupil at the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama in the
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Dancing Times London March 1935 The attached photograph shows one of Irene Mawer’s newspaper cuttings, which she kept in a scrapbook specially purchased for that purpose. The news clippings range from 1933 – 1940 and show the process of evolution of the Institute of Mime, which Miss Mawer founded in
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The Scotsman Edinburgh 4 March 1935 Title of Newspaper Article: Performance of Mimes In this review of it’s London performance, this show organised by Irene Mawer’s Institute of Mime received excellent coverage with the standard of the work being described as ‘high’. In this review, we learn more about the
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Morning Post, London 4 March 1935 Title of Newspaper Article: ‘Wordless Drama of Conviction: two and a half hours of silent charm.’ My comments: Two and a half hours of silent charm! Two and a half hours without any words? That is a l-o-n-g time. That show must have been
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Edinburgh Evening Dispatch 4 March 1935 Even the tiniest newspaper article was of interest to Irene Mawer. This one, is another which relates to the performance or performances given in Scotland during March 1935. We learned from previous accounts that students from Edinburgh took part in the performance given in
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