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Rule a Wife and Have a Wife

Rule a Wife and Have a Wife is a late Jacobean stage comedy written by John Fletcher. It was first performed in 1624 and first published in 1640. It is a comedy with intrigue that tells the story of two couples that get married with false pretenses.


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“I'll have a fling.”

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Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (licensed 19 October 1624; 1640), Act III, scene 5.

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