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The term "wild-goose chase" is first documented when used by Shakespeare in the early 1590s, and there are two plays in English by this name.
The Wild Goose Chase by John Fletcher (1621)
A comedy written by John Fletcher, The play was possibly first produced and published in 1621. Then
The Wild-Goose Chace or The Wild-Goose Chase by August von Kotzebue (1800)
An English version of August von Kotzebue's three act comedy, Der Wildfang, translated and adapted by ** as a four act comic opera. First performed at Fords Theatre, New York in 1800.
