Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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The End of a Chapter. To those of you who have been supporting me week in and week out, thank you. For almost a year and a half you have journeyed with me as I have explored the Institute of Mime through Miss Mawer’s cuttings book. It has been a
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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 as patron of the Girls’ Friendly
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The Drama, London. Previous and future blog posts have dealt/will deal extensively with this very important show. 600 performers, at the Albert Hall, which was attended by Royalty. Although there were displays of ‘keep-fit’ and of National Dancing, the majority of the performance consisted of miming under the sole direction
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The following information is taken from “Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens: The Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) 1875-2005 by Vivienne Richmond (2006) and is available through the Girls’ Friendly Society. The GFS was a pioneer youth organisation founded in England in 1875, and is still in operation today. It was
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Thursday’s Child. 13 May 1939 Birmingham Post In this news clipping, we learn of a forthcoming production called Thursday’s Child. I will write more fully on this in the future blog post which gives a review of the performance. The show will be at the Albert Hall, in London on
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