Institute of Mime – Page 21 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

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

September 6, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Do You Move Beautifully? 31 July 1937

Eastern Daily Press Norwich & Liverpool Post Presumably a press release, these two news clippings from different parts of England are exactly the same. In it, we seem to hear the voice of Miss Peggy Butler (a stalwart of the Institute of Mime who took the art to Scotland) who

August 30, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Drama League Schools Easter Programme. 27 March 1937

Lilian Braithwaite. This clipping from Irene Mawer’s collection relating to the Institute of Mime refers to Miss Lilian Braithwaite who was opening the event’s Easter Drama School of the British Drama League. I have yet to discover who Lilian Braithwaite was. The venue was King’s College Of Household

August 23, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Woman Speech Therapist. 30 January 1937

Woman Speech Therapist. 30 January 1937 Wolverhampton Express Tucked away on the Women’s Page of this newspaper is a very interesting article about Miss Muriel Judd – a young woman who has taken up a newly-created job: that of speech therapist. This is the first mention I have come across

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 –