A Hammersmith Matinee
The Era, Wednesday 18 June 1924 This afternoon performance was given in London at the King’s Theatre in Hammersmith. The article doesn’t say why the show was being put on – I thought at first ...
Institute of Mime
Rare Photo
Well! Here is a turn-up for the books. This newspaper article has a photo of Irene Mawer. I have never seen this photo before and it is an extremely rare occurrence to see Mawer’s photo ...
Birmingham Repertory Playgoers’ Society 1937
Birmingham Gazette, 17 September 1937 1937 – it was two years before the start of World War 2 and Irene Mawer was flying high. In this newspaper article, we learn that she visited Birmingham. As ...
Let’s Not Pretend – Mawer’s Technique
For some time, I have been struggling with how to tell you what Miss Mawer’s mime technique was like. I have been looking for ways to describe it in words. I still haven’t found my ...
Wallace B. Nicholls
The Link, July 1934, p.6 Very sadly, I have been able to find out NOTHING about Wallace B. Nicholls, save for his dates (1888-1967) and the fact that he was educated at Westminster School in ...