Inside the Amphitheatre
I finally made it into an amphitheatre! I have wanted to go into one all of my life, and have at last achieved the ambition. I have seen other amphitheatres here in Greece, but they ...
Ginner-Mawer
Celebrating 2026
Next year (2026) wll be the 110th anniversary of the birth of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama.I am looking for suggestions of how to celebrate it – any ideas, please, anyone? At the ...
Olympia Theatre, Athens
Oh dear! And I pride myself on my research. Ha ha ha. I wanted to visit the Olympia Theatre in Athens, as the Ginner-Mawer School performed there as part of the second Delphic Festival, in ...
Theatre – Herodes Atticus, Athens
In 1930, Miss Mawer went to Athens! About 40 people, all connected with the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama, went with her. The school gave performances at two theatres, one of which was (and ...
Commonwealth War Grave
Robert Jacomb Norris Dale was Irene Mawer’s first husband. She suffered greatly on hearing of his death, when he was killed in action during the First World War. He died in Italy and is buried ...