author
Marguerite Merington
1857–1951
An English-born American writer, Marguerite Merington moved from teaching Greek and Latin to a successful career in theater. Best known for the popular comedy Captain Lettarblair, she also wrote plays for children, picture-inspired dramas, essays, and biographies.
3 Audiobooks
Scarlett of the Mounted
by Marguerite Merington
Festival plays : one-act pieces for New Year's day, St. Valentine's day, Easter, All Hallowe'en, Christmas and a child's birthday
by Marguerite Merington
Picture plays
by Marguerite Merington
About the author
Born in Stoke Newington, England, in 1857, Marguerite Merington moved with her family to New York as a child. She later taught Greek and Latin at New York’s Normal College before turning her attention to writing for the stage.
Merington’s best-known play was Captain Lettarblair, a comedy first produced in the 1890s. Her wide-ranging dramatic work included Cranford, The Vicar of Wakefield, Daphne, Picture Plays, Fairy Tale Plays, and collections of holiday and festival pieces for young performers.
She also served as private secretary to Elizabeth Bacon Custer and edited The Custer Story: The Life and Intimate Letters of General George A. Custer and His Wife Elizabeth. Merington died in her Manhattan home on May 20, 1951, at the age of 94.