Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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‘Among the Ginner Mawers who have gone on to do stage work we are proud to number Leslie French, Renee Gadd and Elinor Shan.’ (Irene Mawer, The Link, October 1937, pp.20-23) Renee Gadd is mentioned in the write-up of the 21st birthday celebrations of the Ginner-Mawer School as being a
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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 by all the students, and were forever grateful to her. Central School is where Irene
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Irene Mawer devoted her whole life to the stage arts and all of the background to them. She believed wholeheartedly that movement and voice belonged together, and that to excel in one of them required at least a knowledge of the other. She realised that it was unlikely that someone
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Venues where Ginner-Mawer Performed In 1937, Irene Mawer gave a speech at the celebration of 21 years of the Ginner-Mawer School (The Link, October 1937, p.22). In the speech she listed some of the theatres where the School had given performances. There are 20 theatres listed and she hasn’t included
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The Two Mollies Mollie Shannon was a Ginner-Mawer and was mentioned in Irene Mawer’s speech made at the 21st birthday celebration party in 1937. Mollie Leuw was also a Ginner-Mawer and her name was mentioned next to that of Mollie Shannon: ‘Among the Ginner Mawers who have gone on to
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