An artistic orphan moves to London to follow her dream of becoming a mime and forges friendships with an illegal alien, a good-looking bum, and an old drunk after moving onto a longboat in a canal.
A guide for teachers of children from 5 to 12 to the benefits, techniques, and uses of mime, with numerous games, themes, and stories to be developed into mime.
Essays introduce mime as an expressive and recreational activity and instructions are given for many exercises and gestures of this silently communicative art form.