Biography – Page 37 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Mime Parade at Aldwych. July 1937

Getting slightly out of sync with my blog posts, these two newspaper articles are from July 1937 and describe the “Mime Parade” show on 13 July 1937 at the Aldwych Theatre which I have written about previously. According to Drama London, the show presented both spoken and silent mimes –

August 8, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Hardly Any Mime Being Performed. April 1937

The Magazine – Programme 5 April 1937 This newspaper clipping states that hardly any mime was being performed in the theatres of London’s West End – even though there was a willing audience who would have liked to have seen it and it goes on to give advance notice of

August 1, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Overview of Institute of Mime. December 1937

Dancing Times, London December 1937 THE INSTITUTE OF MIME Irene Mawer gathered together a scrapbook full of cutting from newspapers, charting the progress of the Institute of Mime, which she founded in 1933. The attached photo shows an article printed in 1937 which gives an overview of

July 25, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime / voice

South Africa. 15 December 1937

CAPE Argus, Cape Town, South Africa 15 December 1937 Greek Dance Examination; Miss Hodson to Adjudicate I am unclear as to whether Miss Lesley Hodson was born in England or in South Africa. It seems that she may have been born in England, and moved to South Africa as an

July 18, 2022 Biography

Drama School (Belfast). 13 December 1937

Belfast News Letter 13 December 1937 This newspaper clipping (see photo) covers a ‘pop-up’ drama school which I have written about in the previous few blog posts. However, for the first time, there is a hint that the event was not as popular as might have been hoped “…there were