The following couple of paragraphs are taken from the write-up of the evening celebrations for the 21st anniversary of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama (The Link, April 1938, p.10): “Owing to the recent illness of Miss Fogerty, the chair was kindly taken by Mr. P. J. S. Richardson,
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Irene Mawer cared about people. Not only were many of the Ginner-Mawer performances charity fund-raisers, but I think that she in herself was a caring person. Her Great-Niece speaks very highly of the care and attention that Aunt Irene lavished on her young relatives. Money was not in great supply,
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Connecting Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer In this blog post, I will explain how Rose Bruford and Irene Mawer are strongly connected through the art of mime. Bruford was a pupil of Mawer, and was strongly influenced by her, but was also open to other styles of mime, such as
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21st Birthday of the School in 1937 In 1937, the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama celebrated its 21st birthday. It had survived the First World War, and could not yet foresee the troubles of the future. In a speech at a party given in celebration of the event, Miss
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Some time ago I published a blog post where I noted that I thought there was a link between Laurence Olivier and Irene Mawer. I am happy to say, that following a visit to NRCD, I have now found the evidence to prove what I suspected: in his youth Lord
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“…reeds don’t sway from side to side…” The five year old boy earnestly criticised his teacher, Dorothy Reavely, as she struggled to find her teaching feet in 1920s France. As a graduate of Ginner-Mawer, she had a good, solid training on which to
Continue readingWhile idly browsing through Facebook, I came upon a video which made my heart sing. So I send out a big thank you to an Italian community organisation called Balancing Act for making this video, and for including Irene Mawer. I began watching the video, totally unknowing what would be
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What a splendid document this is! It seems to be a booklet-type programme – but I can’t see what the performance was, perhaps the title used to be written in by hand, or something? If you know, please do tell me. I can see that there is a list of
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The End of a Chapter. To those of you who have been supporting me week in and week out, thank you. For almost a year and a half you have journeyed with me as I have explored the Institute of Mime through Miss Mawer’s cuttings book. It has been a
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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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