Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Drama, London, April 1935 This tiny article was very important to me as it finally explained why students from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) were performing at the show given by the Institute of Mime. It also explains why the Central School were there, as well as Ginner-Mawer.
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Dancing Times, London, April 1935 The performance described in this review was given by the Institute of Mime, with the theme of mime in different times and different countries Cast members seem to have been mainly connected to Ginner-Mawer, but also included students of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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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
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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
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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
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