Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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It would have been a huge event for anyone to appear on the television in 1936. The Ginner-Mawer School would have, without a doubt, been thrilled to have appaeared on the BBC. You may wonder why I have included a performance of Classical Greek Dance in an article about Irene
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Daily Telegraph, 14 November 1964 After Miss Mawer’s death, a memorial Mime Competition was held in her memory. Miss Mawer died in 1962 and this clipping from 1964 points to the esteem in which she was held. Distinguished patrons who were invited to see the competition included Sybil Thorndike, Peggy
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unattributed newspaper, 1951 This has to be my favourite news cutting of all of them. Favourite because it comes attached to a hand written note by Irene Mawer, expressing how she feels about the performance. The review is of a play called Everyman, which was held inside St Stephen’s Church,
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Yorkshire Evening Press, 2 February 1939 The British Drama League organised a preliminary round of the North Riding Drama Festival, in Yorkshire. There were many entries, including from the local Women’s Institutes. East and West Ayton chose to perform The Flood. I wonder if this was Irene Mawer’s version, after
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Dancing Times, London, November 1938 This mention of a mime play competition is different to the Memorial Mime Competition which was held after Miss Mawer’s death. This is the only time I have come across information on this endeavour. The competition was organised through the Institute of Mime, which by
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