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Activities of the Ginner-Mawer School. August 1938

Activities of Ginner-Mawer School. August 1938 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 the Royal Albert Hall in London. The Queen attended

November 2, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

County Durham and Mrs Marshall. 1935

Newcastle Daily Journal 23 April 1935 LEAMSIDE AND WEST RAINTON It was only a tiny mention in a single paragraph, but it was a glowing report of success for Irene Mawer’s endeavor to enrich the lives of ordinary women through the auspices of mime. The article presumably speaks of one

July 6, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Peggy Butler. 1935

The Scotsman Edinburgh 4 March 1935 Title of Newspaper Article: Performance of Mimes In this review of it’s London performance, this show organised by Irene Mawer’s Institute of Mime received excellent coverage with the standard of the work being described as ‘high’. In this review, we learn more about the

May 5, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

The Era – Newspaper Article

This article is taken from a clipping in the British Newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) and was printed in a paper called The Era on 8 July 1936. It is a review of one of the many performances given by the students at the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama. Although this

April 28, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

A book review from 1932 for The Art of Mime

Today’s blog post is a copy of an article printed in an old newspaper. The article is taken from a newspaper cutting, found on the website of the British newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) The writer of the article is not named and makes the unfortunate assertion, right at the start, that