Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Avice Spitta Landone (1910-1976) During the party to celebrate the 21st birthday of the Ginner-Mawer School in 1934, Irene Mawer mentioned several former students who had gone on to do well for themselves. Among them was Avice Spitta, later known as Avice Landone. I got very excited because I discovered
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Getting slightly out of sync with my blog posts, these two newspaper articles are from July 1937 and describe the “Mime Parade” show on 13 July 1937 at the Aldwych Theatre which I have written about previously. According to Drama London, the show presented both spoken and silent mimes –
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The Magazine – Programme 5 April 1937 This newspaper clipping states that hardly any mime was being performed in the theatres of London’s West End – even though there was a willing audience who would have liked to have seen it and it goes on to give advance notice of
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The Times, London 31 May 1937 THE ART OF UNSPOKEN DRAMA, Goldoni. 31 May 1937 It is rather exciting to see that Irene Mawer received acknowledgement in The Times newspaper, even though it is a pre-prepared article seen in at least one other newspaper. The article gives advance notice of
Continue readingThe Stage, London 18 June 1936 Ginner-Mawer Production, Vaudeville Theatre June 1936 The Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama performed regularly at theatre’s in London. In 1936, when this newspaper article was printed, the School had a large number of students, and was based in Philbeach Hall, Earls Court,
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