1935 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Edinburgh Playgoers Circle. 1935

Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, and, Edinburgh Evening News 24 May 1935 EDINBURGH PLAYGOERS’ CIRCLE Among Irene Mawer’s collection of news clippings relating to the Institute of Mime, are these two (pictured) which feature the Edinburgh Playgoers’ Circle. Both clippings simply state that the first annual general meeting has taken place and

August 17, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime / WI / Women's Institute

Darlington School of Mime. 1935

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

August 10, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Oldest Art. 1935

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

July 13, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Unique in the History of the English Stage. 1935

Dancing Times London March 1935 The attached photograph shows one of Irene Mawer’s newspaper cuttings, which she kept in a scrapbook specially purchased for that purpose. The news clippings range from 1933 – 1940 and show the process of evolution of the Institute of Mime, which Miss Mawer founded in

July 6, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Peggy Butler. 1935

The Scotsman Edinburgh 4 March 1935 Title of Newspaper Article: Performance of Mimes In this review of it’s London performance, this show organised by Irene Mawer’s Institute of Mime received excellent coverage with the standard of the work being described as ‘high’. In this review, we learn more about the