Project Gutenberg 2005-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 104 Fletcher, John 1579 1625 Fletcher, Iohn Flecher, John Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_a_Wife_and_Have_a_Wife Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Paul Murray and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife" by John Fletcher is a comedy play written during the late 16th to early 17th century. The play revolves around themes of love, marriage, and the playful dynamics between men and women, focusing on characters like the comedic Juan de Castro and his compatriots who explore relationships in a humorous light. The opening of the play introduces various characters discussing the troubles of recruitment for war and the prospects of marriage, especially regarding the wealthy heiress Donna Margarita. The scene kicks off with a conversation between Colonel Juan de Castro and his friend Michael Perez about military affairs and their romantic interests. Soon, two veiled ladies enter, setting the stage for a series of interactions that juxtapose military bravado with the intrigue of courtship. As characters express their desires and frustrations—especially concerning women’s pride and wealth—the groundwork is laid for the ensuing dramatic entanglements and comedic misunderstandings surrounding love and the roles of husbands and wives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Drama Comedy plays PR Text Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: Classics of Literature 223062 2025-07-06T10:12:14.348623 text/html 221749 2020-12-19T01:46:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii 131985 2025-07-06T10:12:24.077048 application/epub+zip 133388 2025-07-06T10:12:18.237095 application/epub+zip 122405 2025-07-06T10:12:16.617082 application/epub+zip 330749 2025-07-06T10:12:27.092017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302855 2025-07-06T10:12:22.949103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280063 2022-09-07T17:04:10.918194 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158187 2023-09-07T04:04:40.274506 text/plain 16712 2025-07-06T10:12:27.228016 application/rdf+xml 16675 2025-07-06T10:12:17.152089 image/jpeg 4144 2025-07-06T10:12:16.884065 image/jpeg 131976 2025-07-06T10:12:14.367593 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia