Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Darlington School of Mime Northern Echo, Darlington 6 March 1935 W.I. SCHOOL OF MIME Darlington is a town in the gritty, working class, north east of England, very close to Durham. This newspaper clipping covers a mime workshop in York, 54 miles away and is a prime example showing how
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Oldest Art Yorkshire Evening News, Leeds 5 March 1935 OLDEST ART IN THE WORLD: perfect control needed, says York speaker In this tiny newspaper clipping, Irene Mawer is quoted as saying that ‘the art of mime is infinitely more difficult than the art of spoken acting.’ Now there is a
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Lolly Susi’s The Central Book, p.52, says that Irene Mawer performed at the Scala Theatre as part of the Twenty First Birthday Week celebrations for The Central School. The matinee was described as ‘the culminating celebrity event’ and was attended by Central’s Royal Patron Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. Alongside
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Michel Saint-Denis Today’s blog post information came not from a book, but rather from a podcast, which is a relaxing-on-the-eyes way to learn the history of the British drama school, and in particular the history of actor training in British drama schools. Robert Price’s podcast, episode 16 of Season One,
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A Tribute to Irene Mawer by Eileen Stuart (nee Varley) This week’s blog post is of tremendous importance as it has been written a woman who knew Irene Mawer in person. The author of this piece was a full-time pupil at the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama in the
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