The Stage, London. 4 November 1937 This tiny clipping is a notice of a forthcoming mime play, called L’Enfant Prodigue – the role for which Irene Mawer was most famous. The show was due to run for six public performances, plus one private performance at which the funds raised would
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Unknown newspaper Approx 13th June 1937 Review Mime Parade The performance was held at the Aldwych Theatre, in London on 13th June 1937, and was put on by the Institute of Mime. The first item was part of the mime play L’Enfant Prodigue – which was the play that Irene
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Aberdeen Evening Express 5 Jun 1937 Princess Marie Louise. Following on from my most recent blog posts, this is a newspaper clipping dealing with a forthcoming performance at the Aldwych Theatre on 13 June 1937. Fresh information is revealed with the notice that the performance, which is under the auspices
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Drama, LondonJune 1937 Mime Parade, 280 Bc to 1937 AD The attached photo shows that this news clipping is a rather brief and to the point, short paragraph. The article refers to the forthcoming performance already mentioned in my previous blog posts, however, there would appear to have been either
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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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Dancing Times, LondonMay 1937 Duke of York’s Theatre. May 1937 This newspaper article was, I think, written by someone from the publicity department of the Institute of Mime, as opposed to being written by an independent journalist, as it is word for word the same as articles written elsewhere. The
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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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Southern News, Brighton 1 May 1937 The Mystery of Phoebe Hodgson Today’s blog post contains a conundrum. Who was Miss Phoebe Hodgson and why did Irene Mawer have a news clipping about her? The attached photo shows the news clipping, and the photo of Miss Hodgson, with the explanation that
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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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Drama, London Dec 1936 British Drama League 1936/1937 – Conference of Educational Associations The photo accompanying this blog post shows a newspaper cutting from December 1936. The cutting comes from a book of cuttings collated by Irene Mawer, charting the progress of the Institute of Mime, which she founded in
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