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Edith Sitwell (1887-1964)

Edith Sitwell’s Influence at the 21st Birthday Party Today’s blog post is definitely one of my favourites. I have had such fun researching it. It started with me reading the report of the 21st Birthday Party for the Ginner-Mawer School (1937). I had no idea that the write-up in The

November 1, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Thursday’s Child (Part Four) & Other Activities Overview. August 1939

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

September 20, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Irish Mime. 26 September 1938

Irish Daily Telegraph, Belfast Even the tiniest of news paper articles could find its way into Miss Mawer’s cuttings scrapbook – sneaking in here thanks to the person in question being a Fellow of the Institute of Mime. We learn of Miss Burgess (presumably Helga who I have written about

September 6, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Activities of the Ginner-Mawer School. August 1938

Activities of Ginner-Mawer School. August 1938 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

August 16, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Mime Parade at Aldwych. July 1937

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 –