21st Birthday of the School in 1937 In 1937, the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama celebrated its 21st birthday. It had survived the First World War, and could not yet foresee the troubles of the future. In a speech at a party given in celebration of the event, Miss
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Some time ago I published a blog post where I noted that I thought there was a link between Laurence Olivier and Irene Mawer. I am happy to say, that following a visit to NRCD, I have now found the evidence to prove what I suspected: in his youth Lord
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“…reeds don’t sway from side to side…” The five year old boy earnestly criticised his teacher, Dorothy Reavely, as she struggled to find her teaching feet in 1920s France. As a graduate of Ginner-Mawer, she had a good, solid training on which to
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