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 that it might have been the exam performances, but I don’t think it was that.
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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 anywhere at all. And guess what? I have failed to note which newspaper and what
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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 mentioned in the article, Mawer already had close connections with the Birmingham School of Speech
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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 answer, but I think the following critical review of one of her performances might go
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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 the heart of London. The person who wrote the foreward for his book, however, has
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Among Irene Mawer’s papers left after her death, there are two photographs of a small, white dog. His name was Nobby and I think he was probably a breed of terrier called a Sealyham. It is interesting to think of Miss Mawer as having been a dog owner. I have
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In previous blog posts, I have discussed Miss Mawer’s love of using imagined fairies and mythical creatures as a way for teaching movement to little children. However, when those same children grew into adults, they, like all young people, rebelled. Out went the fairies, and in came the murderers! One
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In 1931, Irene Mawer wrote an article in the Ginner-Mawer School magazine about a play that she had been to see. The play was called Rahere and was performed in a magnificent Mediaeval church in the Smithfield district of London. Officially the church is called The Priory Church of St
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Mime Parade 1937 It is interesting to see that Irene Mawer actually gave a whole paragraph to the subject of the Institute of Mime when she spoke at the celebrations for the 21st birthday of the Ginner-Mawer School, in 1937. She so rarely shone a light on her own work,
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What’s On The Menu? The whole evening celebration of the 21st birthday of the Ginner-Mawer School sounds as if it were a delightful affair, totally suited to the aspirations and inspirations of the two women who were putting their hearts and souls into the endeavour (as described in The Link,
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