Let’s Not Pretend – Mawer’s Technique
For some time, I have been struggling with how to tell you what Miss Mawer’s mime technique was like. I have been looking for ways to describe it in words. I still haven’t found my ...
Women’s Institute
Holloway Prison Visit by Irene Mawer
Irene Mawer cared about people. Not only were many of the Ginner-Mawer performances charity fund-raisers, but I think that she in herself was a caring person. Her Great-Niece speaks very highly of the care and ...
Thursday’s Child (Part Four) & Other Activities Overview. August 1939
Dancing Times This round-up of activities of the Ginner-Mawer School of Dance and Drama opens with the bold news that Her Majesty Queen Mary attended a performance which included members of the Ginner-Mawer School, at ...
Annual Overview of Institute of Mime. December 1938
Dancing Times, London In this newspaper clipping, we can see that the Institute of Mime is going from strength to strength. The year had focused on educational aspects of mime, whereas in 1937 ...
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 ...