pageant – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Rahere – a play

In 1931, Irene Mawer wrote an article in the Ginner-Mawer School magazine about a play that she had been to see. The play was called Rahere and was performed in a magnificent Mediaeval church in the Smithfield district of London. Officially the church is called The Priory Church of St

October 25, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Two Performances by 600 girls (Thursday’s Child Part Three). June 1939

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

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