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Category: Biography

July 11, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime / voice

Ulster Drama School. 11 December 1937

Belfast News Letter 11 December 1937 ULSTER DRAMA SCHOOL: Art of Mime and Planning of Production The initial event of the Drama School workshops received praise from the Belfast News Letter. On the Friday evening, the lecturers were Miss Helga Burgess and Mr Howard Hayden. Miss Burgess, a Fellow of

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July 4, 2022 Biography

Drama School in Belfast. 11 December 1937

Belfast Telegraph 11 December 1937 DRAMA SCHOOL IN BELFAST Ooh, I bet Irene Mawer was not pleased when she read this article printed in the Belfast Telegraph. At the top of the article, the first word of the first line under the heading is ‘deportment’. I recall chatting with Ann

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June 28, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Drama School in Belfast. 11 December 1937

Belfast Telegraph 11 December 1937 DRAMA SCHOOL IN BELFAST.  Well-known Experts on Production and Acting In modern terms, we might call this a ‘pop-up’ drama school.  Organised by the rural Development Council of Northern Ireland, the School comprised three sessions, one during the evening, and two the next day. Both

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June 21, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Irresistible Theatre. 13 November 1937

Rochdale Observer 13 Nov 1937 The Irresistible Theatre The attached photo shows newspaper cuttings, which Irene Mawer had carefully preserved in her book of press cuttings. There are two clippings, the first is entitled The Vagabond King and I can not find any connection to Irene Mawer in it. This

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June 14, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

L’Enfant Prodigue. November 1937

The Stage, London. 4 November 1937 This tiny clipping is a notice of a forthcoming mime play, called L’Enfant Prodigue – the role for which Irene Mawer was most famous. The show was due to run for six public performances, plus one private performance at which the funds raised would

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  • Part 3 – The Lion (and the witch, not forgetting the wardrobe)
  • Part 2 – A Heraldic Mullet
  • The Godstow Heraldic Lion
  • A Lost Strand
  • Paraphrasing
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