Mime – Page 18 – Irene Mawer – Mime, Movement, and Voice

Scala Theatre; Central School; London University Examinations

Lolly Susi’s The Central Book, p.52, says that Irene Mawer performed at the Scala Theatre as part of the Twenty First Birthday Week celebrations for The Central School.   The matinee was described as ‘the culminating celebrity event’ and was attended by Central’s Royal Patron Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.   Alongside

July 27, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Michel Saint-Denis

Michel Saint-Denis Today’s blog post information came not from a book, but rather from a podcast, which is a relaxing-on-the-eyes way to learn the history of the British drama school, and in particular the history of actor training in British drama schools. Robert Price’s podcast, episode 16 of Season 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

January 26, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Froebel, Steiner – Early Years Learning

Have you come across these two methods of teaching children in their early years – Froebel, and Steiner? Irene Mawer was interested in both methods, but I don’t yet know to what degree. Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) was born in Germany and established a method of allowing children to learn, particularly

January 19, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

What the Dickens…?

This article will talk about relatives of Charles Dickens and their relationship to Irene Mawer, and it can get a bit complicated. So here is a quick run-down of who’s who: – Charles Dickens (1812-1870), famous English author – Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933); a son of Charles Dickens. Married Marie

January 12, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Rose Bruford and the Institute of Mime

Among the papers left at the time of Miss Mawer’s death in 1962 there is an anonymous typescript which sounds as if it was written by Miss Mawer, or someone close to her. It is dated 1954 – which is just the moment when Irene Mawer moved to the Birmingham

January 5, 2021 Biography / Blog / Mime

Pageants. Mark Edward Perugini

Pageants What, you may ask, have British pageants got to do with Irene Mawer? Indeed, what is a pageant? Until I learned that Irene Mawer’s second husband was involved in pageants, I had never given them a thought. It turns out, that once I had done some research, I had

December 8, 2020 Biography / Blog / Mime

Sir David Attenborough

Of course, everyone reading this post is likely to have heard of David Attenborough in one way or another – he is a hugely well known British naturalist and campaigner for protecting the environment. During the Second World War, Sir David’s parents cared for two Jewish refugee girls. One of