The British Volunteers

The British Volunteers is a farce by an anonymous author.

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.

1860: 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

North Lincoln Sphinx Vol 1, No 4. Christmas, 1860.

Advertisement, The Argus (Melbourne), Wednesday January 18, I860: p. 4.[1]