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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Dancing Times, London December 1937 THE INSTITUTE OF MIME Irene Mawer gathered together a scrapbook full of cutting from newspapers, charting the progress of the Institute of Mime, which she founded in 1933. The attached photo shows an article printed in 1937 which gives an overview of
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Belfast Telegraph 11 December 1937 DRAMA SCHOOL IN BELFAST. Well-known Experts on Production and Acting In modern terms, we might call this a ‘pop-up’ drama school. Organised by the rural Development Council of Northern Ireland, the School comprised three sessions, one during the evening, and two the next day. Both
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The Stage, London3 June 1937 Performance at Aldwych Theatre, 1937 After Irene Mawer’s death, a book of newspaper clippings was found among her papers. This blog post is one in a series of posts tracking the evolution of the Institute of Mime, through the information in the log of newspaper
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Dancing Times, LondonMay 1937 Duke of York’s Theatre. May 1937 This newspaper article was, I think, written by someone from the publicity department of the Institute of Mime, as opposed to being written by an independent journalist, as it is word for word the same as articles written elsewhere. The
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Newcastle Daily Journal 23 April 1935 LEAMSIDE AND WEST RAINTON It was only a tiny mention in a single paragraph, but it was a glowing report of success for Irene Mawer’s endeavor to enrich the lives of ordinary women through the auspices of mime. The article presumably speaks of one
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Birmingham Evening Dispatch 28 March 1935 MIDLAND STUDENTS OF MIMING This is one of my favourite newspaper cuttings. It tells a similar story to the previous cuttings, only this time, there was no lecture, it was pure action: a one-day School of Mime, given by Irene Mawer as the Director
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Sussex Daily News 13 November 1933 The Oldest Art: mime demonstrated at Brighton Roedean is a private, fee-paying school in the south of England. This newspaper clipping describes a mime demonstration there, given by Irene Mawer. Reading this newspaper article in conjunction with the newspaper article described in one of my previous
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Michel Saint-Denis Today’s blog post information came not from a book, but rather from a podcast, which is a relaxing-on-the-eyes way to learn the history of the British drama school, and in particular the history of actor training in British drama schools. Robert Price’s podcast, episode 16 of Season One,
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The Scotsman Edinburgh 4 March 1935 Title of Newspaper Article: Performance of Mimes In this review of it’s London performance, this show organised by Irene Mawer’s Institute of Mime received excellent coverage with the standard of the work being described as ‘high’. In this review, we learn more about the
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