The Rifle and How to Use It - Revision history

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Performance history in South Africa

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Performance history in South Africa

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 : 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]]''
-: Performed again on the Eastern Cape border as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'',   by the [[Amateurs of the Band]], and using the same cast, on October 14, along with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (), ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' () and ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes).
+: Performed again on the Eastern Cape border as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'',   by the [[Amateurs of the Band]], and using the same cast, on October 14, along with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (Morton), ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' (Butler) and ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes).
 == Sources ==

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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]]''		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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		+	1861: Performed again on the Eastern Cape border as ''[[The British Volunteers]]'', by the [[Amateurs of the Band]], and using the same cast, on October 14, along with ''[[Slasher and Crasher]]'' (), ''[[The Irish Tutor]]'' () and ''[[Bombastes Furioso]]'' (Rhodes).

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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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. (In this case, the word "Rino" could have been a misreading of "Rifle" in the digitizing process of the original newspaper article used as source here.) In South Africa it was performed under the title '''''[[The British Volunteers]]''''' on occasion.
-Neither the above were adaptations however.
+Neither the above were actually ''adaptations'' as far as one can tell.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-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. (In this case, the word "Rino" could have been a misreading of "Rifle" in the digitizing process of the original newspaper article used as source here.)
+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. (In this case, the word "Rino" could have been a misreading of "Rifle" in the digitizing process of the original newspaper article used as source here.) In South Africa it was performed under the title '''''[[The British Volunteers]]''''' on occasion.
-In South Africa it was performed under the title ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' on occasion.
+Neither the above were adaptations however.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 ''[[The Rifle and How to Use It]]'' is a farce in one act by J. V. Bridgeman (1819-1889)[https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1002274?c=people].
 == The original text ==
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
 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. (In this case, the word "Rino" could have been a misreading of "Rifle" in the digitizing process of the original newspaper article used as source here.)
 In South Africa it was performed under the title ''[[The British Volunteers]]'' on occasion.
 == Performance history in South Africa ==

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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-Also known as '''''[[The British Volunteers]]''''' in South Africa and (possibly, but improbably) as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'' in Australia.
+Also known as '''''[[The British Volunteers]]''''' in South Africa and (possibly, but improbably - see below) as ''[[The Rino, and How to Use It]]'' in Australia.
 ==The original text==

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 https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1002274?c=people
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-[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 4. Christmas, 1860.
+''[[North Lincoln Sphinx]]'' Vol 1, No 4. Christmas, 1860.
 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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 Advertisement, ''The Argus'' (Melbourne), Wednesday January 18, I860: p. 4.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5695581]
-[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.78.
+[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: p.78, 180.
 [[Jill Fletcher]]. 1994. ''The Story of Theatre in South Africa: A Guide to its History from 1780-1930''. Cape Town: Vlaeberg.