The Rifle and How to Use It

The Rifle and How to Use It is a farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman (1819-1889).

The original text
First performed in the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on 20 September 1859, and published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy.

Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed as The Rifle and How to Use It in the Harrington Street Theatre, Cape Town, by the Sefton Parry company on 14 February, under the patronage of the Cape Volunteer Corps. It played as afterpiece to Grist to the Mill, or The Miser of Verdun (Planché).

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