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Constant, Faithful, Loyal

Constant, Faithful and Loyal What does steadfast mean? Being a native English speaker, I automatically think that I know what ‘steadfast’ means. But Irene Mawer said that one of the biggest compliments ever paid to her was when Edward Gordon Craig referred to Mawer and Ginner as being ‘steadfast’. Given

October 10, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Leslie French

Was he, or wasn’t he? That is the question. Was Leslie French trained at Ginner-Mawer, or wasn’t he? According to his obituaries, he wasn’t (or at least they don’t mention Ginner-Mawer), but then again the two obituaries that I have looked at also give different dates for various moments in

May 30, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Felicia Mallet

Felicia Mallet (1863-1928) was a French woman who taught mime to Elsie Fogerty (1865-1945), who in turn ‘let fall’ nuggets of knowledge to Irene Mawer (1893-1962) when she was a pupil at Fogerty’s Central School in England during World War One. According to Wikipedia, Mallet was a comedian, singer and