Hood began writing for the theatre in his mid-twenties, and his first one-act piece, "The Gypsies", was mounted as a curtain-raiser at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1890.
Hood began writing for the theatre in his mid-twenties. His first one-act piece, "The Gypsies", with music by Wilfred Bendall, was mounted as a curtain-raiser at the Prince of Wales Theatre in 1890.