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February 27, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

A Hammersmith Matinee

The Era, Wednesday 18 June 1924 This afternoon performance was given in London at the King’s Theatre in Hammersmith.  The article doesn’t say why the show was being put on – I thought at first that it might have been the exam performances, but I don’t think it was that.

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November 14, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Origins of Ginner-Mawer

Origins of Ginner-Mawer Irene Mawer and Ruby Ginner were both trained by Elsie Fogerty, at the Central School for Speech and Dramatic Art in London.  Both of the women revered Fogie (as she was nicknamed by all the students) and were forever grateful to her.  Central School is where Irene

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September 26, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Origins of Ginner-Mawer

Origins of Ginner-Mawer Irene Mawer and Ruby Ginner were both trained by Elsie Fogerty, at the Central School for Speech and Dramatic Art in London. Both of the women revered Fogie, as she was nicknamed by all the students, and were forever grateful to her. Central School is where Irene

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May 9, 2023 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Central School Curriculum in 1930s.

Central School in 1930s. Irene Mawer trained under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1914/15/16.  Mawer had done some training and had taken paid employment before enrolling at Central, so she was already 21 years of age when she started there.  Fogie discovered that Mawer

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Recent Posts (Click to Read)

  • Typo
  • A Lie-in.
  • Part 4 – Where is Miss Mawer’s Heraldic Lion?
  • Part 3 – The Lion (and the witch, not forgetting the wardrobe)
  • Part 2 – A Heraldic Mullet
  • The Godstow Heraldic Lion
  • A Lost Strand
  • Paraphrasing
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