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−	''[[The Rifle and How to Use It~~]]'' is a farce in two acts by J.V. Bridgeman~~	+	#REDIRECT[[The Rifle and How to Use It]]
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−	~~Also known as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' in South Africa and ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'' in Australia.~~
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−	~~==The original text==~~
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−	~~Published in London by Thomas Hailes Lacy, [1859] n.d.).~~
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−	According to ''The Argus'', Melbourne, a play referred to as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'', featuring the exact same characters, was performed at , at the Pantheon Theatre, Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne on 16 January, 1860. It had apparently opened at the Haymarket Theatre. London, in 1859 - but under which title is uncertain.
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−	~~In South Africa it was apparently also performed under the title The British Volunteers~~
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−	~~==Translations and adaptations==~~
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−	~~== Performance history in South Africa ==~~
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−	1860: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' (no author given) by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26 in the [[Garrison Theatre]] of Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek on the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins), [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
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−	~~== Sources ==~~
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−	S.J. Shapiro. ‎2011 ''The British Army in Home Defense, 1844-1871: Militia and Volunteers in a Liberal Era'' Unpublished PhD dissertation, Graduate School of The Ohio State University[https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1314979500&disposition=inline]
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−	~~North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 4. Christmas, 1860.~~
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−	~~Advertisement, ''The Argus'' (Melbourne), Wednesday January 18, I860: p. 4.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5695581]~~
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−	~~[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.~~
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−	~~Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]~~
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−	~~== Return to ==~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[South_African_Festivals\|South African Festivals and Competitions]]~~
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−	~~Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]~~
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-The Rifle and How to Use It is a farce in two acts by J.V. Bridgeman
+''[[The Rifle and How to Use It]]'' is a farce in two acts by J.V. Bridgeman
-''[[The British Volunteers]]'' in South Africa and ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'' in Australia.
+Also known as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' in South Africa and ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'' in Australia.
 ==The original text==
 According to ''The Argus'', Melbourne, a play referred to as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'', featuring the exact same characters, was performed at , at the Pantheon Theatre, Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne on 16 January, 1860. It had apparently opened at the Haymarket Theatre. London, in 1859 - but under which title is uncertain.

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-''[[The British Volunteers]]'' is a farce by an anonymous author.
+The Rifle and How to Use It is a farce in two acts by J.V. Bridgeman
-Apparently also known as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]''.
+(London: Thomas Hailes Lacy, [1859] n.d.).
 ==The original text==
-Little can be found of any play by this name, but according to ''The Argus'', Melbourne, a play referred to as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'', featuring the exact same characters, was performed at , at the Pantheon Theatre, Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne on 16 January, 1860. It had apparently opened at the Haymarket Theatre. London, in 1859 - but under which title is uncertain.
+According to ''The Argus'', Melbourne, a play referred to as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'', featuring the exact same characters, was performed at , at the Pantheon Theatre, Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne on 16 January, 1860. It had apparently opened at the Haymarket Theatre. London, in 1859 - but under which title is uncertain.
 ==Translations and adaptations==
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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26 in the [[Garrison Theatre]] of Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek on the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins0, [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
+: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' (no author given) by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26 in the [[Garrison Theatre]] of Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek on the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins), [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
 == Sources ==
 North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 4. Christmas, 1860.

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26 in the Garrison Theatre of Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek on the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins0, [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
+: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26 in the [[Garrison Theatre]] of Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek on the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins0, [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
 == Sources ==

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 == Performance history in South Africa ==
-: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins0, [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
+: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26 in the Garrison Theatre of Grahamstown or Keiskama Hoek on the Eastern Cape border. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins0, [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
 == Sources ==

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 Little can be found of any play by this name, but according to ''The Argus'', Melbourne, a play referred to as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'', featuring the exact same characters, was performed at , at the Pantheon Theatre, Cremorne Gardens, Melbourne on 16 January, 1860. It had apparently opened at the Haymarket Theatre. London, in 1859.
+: Performed as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' by the [[Amateurs of the Band]] on November 26. The cast consisted of [[W. Dansie]] (Mr Percival Floff), [[J. M'Kechnie]] (Mr Sydney Jubkins), [[T. Brooker]] (Alfred Charles Mutton, a policeman), [[W. Allan]] (Pad), [[M. Rafferty]] (Mrs Percival Floff), [[J. F. Gay]] (Mrs Sydney Jubkins0, [[J. Durney]] (Mary). Also performed were  ''[[The Review, or The Wags of Windsor]]'' and ''[[The Wandering Minstrel]]''
 Advertisement, ''The Argus'' (Melbourne), Wednesday January 18, I860: p. 4.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5695581]