Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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1957 – just five years before Irene Mawer’s death (though of course she could not have known that at the time). Ruby Ginner had retired, and Miss Mawer now held the post of Senior Tutor and Lecturer at the Birmingham School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, which was founded,
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I am on the scrounge – for a copy of Marion Cole’s book about Elsie Fogerty. I have checked on-line and second-hand copies are quite expensive, so if you have one that you want to sell me very cheaply, please let me know. Elsie Fogerty was a teacher whom Irene
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This post is one in what will be a series of features about people connected with Irene Mawer. In this case I will be looking at Mrs Mildred Robley-Browne (nee Peters). There are two links for you to follow. The first is to the blog post about Mildred. The second
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Dancing Times This round-up of activities of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama opens with the bold news that Her Majesty Queen Mary attended a performance which included members of the Ginner-Mawer School, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Queen attended as patron of the Girls’ Friendly
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The Drama, London. Previous and future blog posts have dealt/will deal extensively with this very important show. 600 performers, at the Albert Hall, which was attended by Royalty. Although there were displays of ‘keep-fit’ and of National Dancing, the majority of the performance consisted of miming under the sole direction
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