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The Mad Lover

The Mad Lover is a Jacobean stage play, a tragicomedy by John Fletcher. It was initially published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647. Fletcher's sole authorship was specified during the 17th century by his friend Sir Aston Cockayne. It displays Fletcher's distinctive pattern of stylistic and textual preferences throughout the text, so that his authorship is not questioned.


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“I'll put a spoke among your wheels.”

The Mad Lover, (acted 5 January 1617; 1647), Act III, scene 5.

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