The New International Encyclopædia/Armin, Robert

2660668The New International Encyclopædia — Armin, Robert

AR′MIN, Robert. An English actor and writer. He is spoken of in Pierce's Supererogation as one of the ‘common pamphleteers of London,’ but he is chiefly remarkable as having been one of the original actors in Jonson's Alchemist. He created the part of Dogberry. He is the author of A Nest of Ninnies, published in 1608, and of A Brief Resolution of the Right Religion (1590).