The Spanish Fly (play)

{{Short description|1913 German play}}

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}} (German: Die spanische Fliege) is a 1913 German comedy play written by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach. When it premiered Arnold himself played the male lead. It was the first of many successful collaborations between the two writers.Grange p.61