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 News Letter 13 December 1937 This newspaper clipping (see photo) covers a ‘pop-up’ drama school which I have written about in the previous few blog posts. However, for the first time, there is a hint that the event was not as popular as might have been hoped “…there were
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Belfast News Letter 11 December 1937 ULSTER DRAMA SCHOOL: Art of Mime and Planning of Production The initial event of the Drama School workshops received praise from the Belfast News Letter. On the Friday evening, the lecturers were Miss Helga Burgess and Mr Howard Hayden. Miss Burgess, a Fellow of
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Belfast Telegraph 11 December 1937 DRAMA SCHOOL IN BELFAST Ooh, I bet Irene Mawer was not pleased when she read this article printed in the Belfast Telegraph. At the top of the article, the first word of the first line under the heading is ‘deportment’. I recall chatting with Ann
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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 Times, London 31 May 1937 THE ART OF UNSPOKEN DRAMA, Goldoni. 31 May 1937 It is rather exciting to see that Irene Mawer received acknowledgement in The Times newspaper, even though it is a pre-prepared article seen in at least one other newspaper. The article gives advance notice of
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Helga Burgess; British Drama League Theatre World, London. The Amateur State supplement. April 1937 News and Topics In 1937, the British Drama League held the eleventh London Easter Drama School. One of the people conducting classes was Miss Helga Burgess, of the Institute of Mime. Helga’s classes were in Mime
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The West Herts and Watford Observer 15 February 1936 Helga Burgess & Institute of Mime At a meeting of the Townswomen’s Guild, Miss Helga Burgess, of the Institute of Mime, gave a lecture-demonstration, thereby carrying on the line of education initiated by Miss Mawer. I think this may be the first time that
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