Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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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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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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