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 ...
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Lucretia Borgia
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, ...
Miss Joyce Ruscoe
From an article in The Link, July 1934, p.6, we learn that there was to be a Summer School of the Central School of Speech Training at the Royal Albert Hall. It was to be ...
Thursday’s Child (Part Four) & Other Activities Overview. August 1939
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 ...
Annual Overview of Institute of Mime. December 1938
Dancing Times, London In this newspaper clipping, we can see that the Institute of Mime is going from strength to strength. The year had focused on educational aspects of mime, whereas in 1937 ...