Editing Opera Comique (section)

{{Short description|19th-century theatre in London}}
{{Other uses|Opera comique (disambiguation){{!}}Opera comique}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox Theatre
|name           = Opera Comique
|image          = 1901 WychStreet.jpg
|caption        = A 1901 postcard of Wych Street, shortly before its demolition
|address        = 299 [[Strand, London|Strand]]
|city           = [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], London
|designation    = ''Demolished''
|coordinates    = {{coord|51|30|47|N|00|06|57|W|type:landmark }}
|architect      = [[Francis Fowler (architect)|F. H. Fowler]]
|capacity       = 
|opened         = 1870
|closed         = 1899
|currentuse     = Site occupied by [[Bush House]]
}}

The '''Opera Comique''' was a 19th-century theatre constructed in [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], London, located between [[Wych Street]], Holywell Street and the [[Strand, London|Strand]]. It opened in 1870 and was demolished in 1902, to make way for the construction of the [[Aldwych]] and [[Kingsway, London|Kingsway]].

The theatre was built cheaply as a speculative venture, and was known as one of the "rickety twins" along with the adjacent [[Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street)|Globe Theatre]]. Numerous managements presented plays in English, French and German, and the house was also used for [[Victorian burlesque|extravaganzas]] and English versions of French [[opéra bouffe|opéras bouffes]]. It is best remembered as the theatre where several early [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] operas had their first runs, between 1877 and 1881.