SHACKERLEY MARMION BIOGRAPHY
SHACKERLEY MARMION BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John 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.