Mime – Page 9 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Mawer Remembered

Daily Telegraph, 14 November 1964 After Miss Mawer’s death, a memorial Mime Competition was held in her memory. Miss Mawer died in 1962 and this clipping from 1964 points to the esteem in which she was held. Distinguished patrons who were invited to see the competition included Sybil Thorndike, Peggy

October 29, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Everyman at St Stephen’s

unattributed newspaper, 1951 This has to be my favourite news cutting of all of them. Favourite because it comes attached to a hand written note by Irene Mawer, expressing how she feels about the performance. The review is of a play called Everyman, which was held inside St Stephen’s Church,

August 6, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Mime Time at the WI

Yorkshire Weekly Herald, 8 March 1935 The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (more regularly known as the WI) organised a one-day School of Mime in York. The reviewer held that the day was a success and that the WI were justified to have gone ahead with the event. “The Yorkshire

July 16, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

Miss Nini Theilade

Morning Post, 7 June 1934 Unusually, I have included an article which does not mention Miss Mawer. However, the newspaper clipping is in Miss Mawer’s private collection – so it must have been important to her. Further down the clipping, she has underlined a paragraph, which gives us the clue

July 9, 2024 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / voice

1916 – Birth of the Ginner-Mawer School

By the time this article was published in 1933, Classical Greek Dance (which was known as Revived Greek Dance) would be approximately 20 years old – with many of the early years being spent in developing and improving the technique. The opening comment demonstrates that it was still fairly uncommon