Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Belfast News Letter 13 December 1937 This newspaper clipping (see photo) covers a ‘pop-up’ drama school which I have written about in the previous few blog posts. However, for the first time, there is a hint that the event was not as popular as might have been hoped “…there were
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Belfast News Letter 11 December 1937 ULSTER DRAMA SCHOOL: Art of Mime and Planning of Production The initial event of the Drama School workshops received praise from the Belfast News Letter. On the Friday evening, the lecturers were Miss Helga Burgess and Mr Howard Hayden. Miss Burgess, a Fellow of
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Belfast Telegraph 11 December 1937 DRAMA SCHOOL IN BELFAST Ooh, I bet Irene Mawer was not pleased when she read this article printed in the Belfast Telegraph. At the top of the article, the first word of the first line under the heading is ‘deportment’. I recall chatting with Ann
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Belfast Telegraph 11 December 1937 DRAMA SCHOOL IN BELFAST. Well-known Experts on Production and Acting In modern terms, we might call this a ‘pop-up’ drama school. Organised by the rural Development Council of Northern Ireland, the School comprised three sessions, one during the evening, and two the next day. Both
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