Rahere – a play
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 ...
Institute of Mime
Mime Parade 1937
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 ...
What’s On The Menu
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 ...
Origins of Ginner-Mawer
Origins of Ginner-Mawer Irene Mawer and Ruby Ginner were both trained by Elsie Fogerty, at the Central School for Speech and Dramatic Art in London. Both of the women revered Fogie (as she was nicknamed ...
Professional Reciter
Professional Reciter Queen Victoria died in 1901, and the 63 years of her reign are known as the Victorian era. In 1937, Irene Mawer (then aged 44) described herself as having been ‘that Victorian phenomena ...