cheltenham – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Rosina Bassett/Baroness von Kuhne

(Ada) Rosina Bassett/Baroness von Kuhne 1909-2002 During my Irene Mawer research, I came across one of Mawer’s books ‘Twelve Mime Plays’. Inside the flyleaf were written two names: Rosina Bassett 1934, and another name which looks something like Minnie A. S. Satchell, who was possibly Rosina’s “cousin ‘Minnie’ who had

January 10, 2023 Biography / Blog / Mime / voice

Pittville Gardens, Cheltenham

This flyer, and the newspaper clipping attached to it are causing me some confusion! There is no date. Written in fountain pen are the words “This may be the future G-M School”. Yet, in the newspaper clipping, there is a reference to the Civic Theatre fire – but this happened