Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Well! A previously unseen photo of Irene Mawer. Sadly, this one is really difficult to look at due to the digital highlighting of her features. I have played around with the screenshot, but can’t make it look any better. I can’t really tell if it is Irene Mawer or not,
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Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, August (1937 ?) In a previous post, I wondered where the connection was between a Ginner-Mawer performance and Shakespeare. In this newspaper article, the item begins “Speech training and classical dancing are now linked up integrally with the summer Shakespeare Festival…” And the cause of the link? Mawer
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The Stage, 17 July 1952 London Theatres: At Cheltenham “Will Shakespeare” While the Ginner-Mawer School was based in Cheltenham, Irene mawer took the opportunity of producing items in the Contemporary Music Festival programme. In 1952, this was a contribution by the local amateur societies, who presented Clemence Dane’s ‘Will Shakespeare’.
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The Era, Wednesday 18 June 1924 This afternoon performance was given in London at the King’s Theatre in Hammersmith. The article doesn’t say why the show was being put on – I thought at first that it might have been the exam performances, but I don’t think it was that.
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Well! Here is a turn-up for the books. This newspaper article has a photo of Irene Mawer. I have never seen this photo before and it is an extremely rare occurrence to see Mawer’s photo anywhere at all. And guess what? I have failed to note which newspaper and what
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