Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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The Stage, London. 4 November 1937 This tiny clipping is a notice of a forthcoming mime play, called L’Enfant Prodigue – the role for which Irene Mawer was most famous. The show was due to run for six public performances, plus one private performance at which the funds raised would
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The Times, London 31 May 1937 THE ART OF UNSPOKEN DRAMA, Goldoni. 31 May 1937 It is rather exciting to see that Irene Mawer received acknowledgement in The Times newspaper, even though it is a pre-prepared article seen in at least one other newspaper. The article gives advance notice of
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Dancing Times, December 1936 THE INSTITUTE OF MIME This newspaper article gives a run-down of what had been happening within the Institute of Mime during the preceding year (1935-36). Described as making steady progress, the Institute had some twenty lectures/demonstrations/schools and the Women’s Institute had shown a lot
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This is another in a series of blog posts which are based on newspaper articles. Among Irene Mawer’s papers left at the time of her death, was an A4-sized hardback book, full of these cuttings which give us a good overview of much of Irene’s career. This newspaper cutting is
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