The Reveille

The Reveille is a 1917 Australian play by Jo Smith.

It was called "a three-act drama which makes An appeal- to the eligible to enlist."

The original production raised money for the war effort.

According to the Argus the "serious and comic aspects are well blended."

The Bulletin said the "play runs on the safe lines of old domestic drama as i-egards plot, the Australian interest is sustained, and the war theme brings  the story up to date. It is just the old tale of a hero put in a false position by his desire to shield his girl’s father from an awful disclosure, and when the disclosure is found to be not awful at all the play ends happily. Comedy relief has some snap in it, and the serious lines have literary pretensions. In short, not half a bad play."

Smith later said he felt "the strong recruiting flavor of the play would be against it as a commercial proposition."

Premise
A farmer tries to persuaide his nephew not to enlist.