| 词条 | Marguerite Merington |
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| name = Marguerite Merington | embed = | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1857 | birth_place = Stoke Newington, England | death_date = 1951 | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = author | language = English | residence = | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | years_active = | module = | website = | portaldisp = }}Marguerite Merington (1857–1951) was an English-born American author of short stories, essays, dramatic works, and biographies.[1] Early years and educationMarguerite Merington was born in Stoke Newington,{{sfn|Fisher|Londré|2017|p=451}} England, in 1857,{{efn|VIAF lists her birth year as 1857.[2] Fish & Londré state 1860,{{sfn|Fisher|Londré|2017|p=451}} while the New York Public Library states circa 1861.[1] }} At an early age, she came with her parents to Buffalo, New York where was educated at a convent. Even as a girl, she displayed dramatic talent, and often wrote and acted little parlor plays.{{sfn|Siegel-Cooper|1899|p=23}} CareerFor several years, she was instructor in Greek and Latin in the Normal College in New York. After resigning from this position, Merington pursued the career of a dramatic author. About 1889, E. H. Sothern proposed that Merington should write him a play, the leading character of which should be a captivating Irish gentleman. With a few suggestions from him, the play, Captain Lettarblair was written. It had a trial at an authors' matinee in New York City, and was first presented August 16, 1892, at the Lyceum Theatre. Captain Lettarblair, produced by Daniel Frohman,{{sfn|Fisher|Londré|2017|p=451}} brought in large audiences and much money, and held a place in Sothern's repertoire. Before it was acted, Joseph Jefferson, who saw the manuscript, praised it highly. Merington wrote other dramas, including Good-Bye, A Lover's Knot, and the libretto of a comic opera, Daphne, or the Pipes of Arcadia. Set to music by Arthur Bird, of London, it gained the prize of {{USD|500}} from the New York Conservatory of Music.{{sfn|Siegel-Cooper|1899|p=23}} Having served as the private secretary of Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Merington was the editor of The Custer Story: The LIfe and Intimate Letters of General George A. Custer and His Wife Elizabeth.{{sfn|Dippie|1994|p=183}} Merington died in 1951.[1] Of her life she said: "There is absolutely nothing about me to be told, and that I never tell."{{sfn|Siegel-Cooper|1899|p=23}} Selected works{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Marguerite Merington papers|url=http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1969|publisher=New York Public Library|accessdate=6 May 2018|language=en}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Merington, Marguerite, 1857–1951|url=http://viaf.org/viaf/11325155/#Merington,_Marguerite,_1857-1951|publisher=VIAF|accessdate=6 May 2018}} Attribution
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