A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Marmion, Shackerley

by John William Cousin

Marmion, Shackerley (1603-1639). -- Dramatist, s. of a country gentleman of Northamptonshire, was ed. at Oxford. After a youth of extravagance, he fought in the Low Countries. His writings consist of an epic, Cupid and Psyche, and three comedies, Holland's Leaguer, A Fair Companion, and The Antiquary. His plays show some power of satire, and were popular, but he had little of the dramatist.