Marion Hood was an English soprano who performed in opera and musical theatre in the last decades of the 19th century. She is perhaps best remembered for creating the role of Mabel in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in London.
Marion Hood
Hood as Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance
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The Opera Comique was a 19th-century theatre constructed in Westminster, London, located between Wych Street, Holywell Street and the Strand. It opened in 1870 and was demolished in 1902, to make way for the construction of the Aldwych and Kingsway.
A 1901 postcard of Wych Street, shortly before its demolition
1878 programme cover
1887 programme cover