Olympia Theatre, Athens
Oh dear! And I pride myself on my research. Ha ha ha. I wanted to visit the Olympia Theatre in Athens, as the Ginner-Mawer School performed there as part of the second Delphic Festival, in ...
Mime
Theatre – Herodes Atticus, Athens
In 1930, Miss Mawer went to Athens! About 40 people, all connected with the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama, went with her. The school gave performances at two theatres, one of which was (and ...
Commonwealth War Grave
Robert Jacomb Norris Dale was Irene Mawer’s first husband. She suffered greatly on hearing of his death, when he was killed in action during the First World War. He died in Italy and is buried ...
Mildred Robley-Brown (nee Peters)
Christchurch Press, 1 September 1922 Irene Mawer’s influence reached right over to the other side of the world. In New Zealand, Mildred Peters (later, Mildred Robley-Browne) opened her own school of dancing, dramatic art, and ...
Obituary
The Stage and Television Today, 20 December 1962 Shortly before Christmas 1962, Irene Mawer died of a stroke. The obituary describes Irene as having been one of the most remarkable English mimes of her day. ...