ruby ginner – Page 3 – Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement

the photo is taken inside a camper van and shows a brown dog on the bed. there is a sheaf of paper in front of him, there is typewriting on the paper. it looks as if the dog is reading the manuscript of a book.

Manuscript Update

This is a photo of my Irene Mawer biography manuscript – being checked for errors by Sidney. We are in Spain in our camper van and I had the whole manuscript printed out at a local printer shop as I don’t have a printer in the van. It was well

photo shows front cover of a book with a black and white picture of Irene Mawer wearing a white hat with large, soft, pretend antlers on it.

January 27, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized / voice

Only Fools and Antlers

In a previous blog post I mentioned that I had digitally erased a pair of antlers that Miss Mawer was sporting on a hat. And I quickly put them back on when I realised I was messing with a historical archive. It did get me wondering, though, what the antlers

January 13, 2026 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime

Update About My Irene Mawer Work

This past week I have been extremely busy with the technical side of publishing a book. There is an awful lot more to it than I expected and at times it is overwhelming. My manuscript for the biography has been printed out on to paper since before the New Year, and my

December 23, 2025 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized

Christmas Panto

Foundations of the Good Old Panto The good old British panto settled into its role as a Christmas family tradition in the late 19th century — exactly the period when Irene Mawer was growing up (born 1893). I don’t know whether she was taken to pantomimes, but it seems likely.

seven variations of the same prototype book cover for the biography

December 16, 2025 Biography / Blog / ginner-mawer / Mime / Uncategorized / voice / WI

Which Title Do You Prefer?

Here are two possibilities for the title and sub-title of Miss Mawer’s biography. What do you think? (Please ignore the photo, it is only a prototype mock-up of the cover.) IRENE MAWER: The Biography. A Female Experience of Mime, Movement and Voice in the 20th Century. Or