peggy butler – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

Mime Parade 1937

Mime Parade 1937 It is interesting to see that Irene Mawer actually gave a whole paragraph to the subject of the Institute of Mime when she spoke at the celebrations for the 21st birthday of the Ginner-Mawer School, in 1937. She so rarely shone a light on her own work,

September 6, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Do You Move Beautifully? 31 July 1937

Eastern Daily Press Norwich & Liverpool Post Presumably a press release, these two news clippings from different parts of England are exactly the same. In it, we seem to hear the voice of Miss Peggy Butler (a stalwart of the Institute of Mime who took the art to Scotland) who

August 16, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Mime Parade at Aldwych. July 1937

Getting slightly out of sync with my blog posts, these two newspaper articles are from July 1937 and describe the “Mime Parade” show on 13 July 1937 at the Aldwych Theatre which I have written about previously. According to Drama London, the show presented both spoken and silent mimes –

August 8, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Hardly Any Mime Being Performed. April 1937

The Magazine – Programme 5 April 1937 This newspaper clipping states that hardly any mime was being performed in the theatres of London’s West End – even though there was a willing audience who would have liked to have seen it and it goes on to give advance notice of

August 1, 2022 Biography / Blog / Mime

Overview of Institute of Mime. December 1937

Dancing Times, London December 1937 THE INSTITUTE OF MIME Irene Mawer gathered together a scrapbook full of cutting from newspapers, charting the progress of the Institute of Mime, which she founded in 1933. The attached photo shows an article printed in 1937 which gives an overview of