Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Colour Theory Costume design and production were another two areas where Irene Mawer excelled. In her book Rhymes and Plays for The Bobblies (Bobblies being small children) she gives a wonderful description of how she envisaged one of the scenes. On this occasion, the scene was a religious depiction of the
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Theatre Pie An unusual title, and one that I have never liked, but I think was suitable for the times. There is no date on this flyer, but the blurb states that the Ginner-Mawer School is in Chaltenham, so it was around 1950. Theatre Pie was a title which Ginner-Mawer
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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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