Biography – Page 2 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

screenshot showing a paragraph of manuscript. Paragraph is highlighted in blue.

Paraphrasing

In a previous blog post, I wrote about how I was working hard at self-editing, cutting the number of words in the book. One of the techniques that I used was paraphrasing. This is where I took very long quotes and cut them down by saying the information in my

February 24, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Word Count

Which would you rather read: 101,000 words, or 83,500 words? That is an impossible question, I know. I imagine it depends on how you feel about what you are reading, and if you find it interesting and enjoyable. The numbers I have shown above relate to my Irene Mawer biography.

newspaper clipping showing start date of 1916

February 17, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Anniversary

2026: there is a significant anniversary to think about. It is exactly 110 years since the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama was established. The archival records don’t specify the exact month the doors first opened in 1916, but I assume the formal first day of school was in the

interior of new V&A museum foyer and map of museum location

February 10, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Update from V&A

Update from the V&A Museum I have recently been following up on the status of the Irene Mawer memorial plaque, a bronze relief of her as Pierrot. This piece is a rare physical record of her mime career and I contacted the Victoria & Albert Museum to see if it was currently

the photo is taken inside a camper van and shows a brown dog on the bed. there is a sheaf of paper in front of him, there is typewriting on the paper. it looks as if the dog is reading the manuscript of a book.

February 3, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Manuscript Update

This is a photo of my Irene Mawer biography manuscript – being checked for errors by Sidney. We are in Spain in our camper van and I had the whole manuscript printed out at a local printer shop as I don’t have a printer in the van. It was well