Biography – Page 16 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Norfolk Drama Society

Drama, London, February 1938 Miss Mawer kept every single cutting that she could – no matter how small. This one relates to a small drama society in Blakeney, in Norfolk. The main content of the piece relates to the activities of the society and which plays they presented. Finally, the

September 10, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Worthing School of Dramatic Art

Worthing Herald, 6th November 1937 This newspaper clipping is very unusual in that it is a photograph, and it shows a scene from one of Irene Mawer’s mime plays – but she is not in it. The play was put on by the Worthing School of Dramatic Art, who presumably

September 3, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Miss Mawer Visits Miss Chapman

Birmingham Daily Gazette, 27 April 1937 When Pamela Chapman opened her school in September 1936 in Birmingham, one of the first guest lecturers was Irene Mawer. Miss Chapman was excited to announce at the Three Counties Club, that Miss Mawer would be giving a lecture which promised to attract a

August 27, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / voice

Peggy Evans, Worthing

Unknown newspaper, 10 February 1937 For a while, mime was quite popular in Worthing – a seaside town on the south coast of England. The person promoting it was Peggy Evans – a graduate of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama. This newspaper article is based on Miss Mawer’s

August 20, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Irene Mawer and the RADA Connection

Drama, London, April 1935 This tiny article was very important to me as it finally explained why students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) were performing at the show given by the Institute of Mime. It also explains why the Central School were there, as well as Ginner-Mawer.