Biography – Page 49 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Dancing Times 1933

This is another in a series of blog posts which are based on newspaper articles. Among Irene Mawer’s papers left at the time of her death, was an A4-sized hardback book, full of these cuttings which give us a good overview of much of Irene’s career. This newspaper cutting is

May 19, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

JUNE 1940

At the time of her death, Irene Mawer left among her personal belongings a hard-backed book with a greeny-black cover, the front of which is embossed with gold lettering spelling out the words Newspaper Cuttings. Roughly A4 in size, the book contains a large collection of newspaper clippings, covering the

May 11, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

“A DEDICATION”

From the British Newspaper Archives (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) Name of Newspaper ‘Graphic’ Date of publication of newspaper 13 February 1926 Miss Mawer would have been approximately 32 years old at this time. The newspaper article, I think, is not talking about a book called ‘Word-Rhythms,’ rather it is talking about Miss Mawer’s

May 5, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

The Era – Newspaper Article

This article is taken from a clipping in the British Newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) and was printed in a paper called The Era on 8 July 1936. It is a review of one of the many performances given by the students at the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama. Although this

April 28, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

A book review from 1932 for The Art of Mime

Today’s blog post is a copy of an article printed in an old newspaper. The article is taken from a newspaper cutting, found on the website of the British newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) The writer of the article is not named and makes the unfortunate assertion, right at the start, that