Theatre Pie
Theatre Pie An unusual title, and one that I have never liked, but I think was suitable for the times. There is no date on this flyer, but the blurb states that the Ginner-Mawer School ...
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Let’s Not Pretend – Mawer’s Technique
For some time, I have been struggling with how to tell you what Miss Mawer’s mime technique was like. I have been looking for ways to describe it in words. I still haven’t found my ...
Wallace B. Nicholls
The Link, July 1934, p.6 Very sadly, I have been able to find out NOTHING about Wallace B. Nicholls, save for his dates (1888-1967) and the fact that he was educated at Westminster School in ...
Nobby Sealyham
Among Irene Mawer’s papers left after her death, there are two photographs of a small, white dog. His name was Nobby and I think he was probably a breed of terrier called a Sealyham. It ...
Lucretia Borgia
In previous blog posts, I have discussed Miss Mawer’s love of using imagined fairies and mythical creatures as a way for teaching movement to little children. However, when those same children grew into adults, they, ...