Mary Fenton

Mary Fenton alias Mehrbai She already knew Hindi and Urdu, and in the 1870s Khatau gave her further training in singing and acting. However, following a dispute between Khatau and the Empress Victoria Theatrical Company owner Jahangir Pestonjee Khambatta regarding Fenton's entry into theatre in 1878, Khatau left Bombay for Delhi and joined Alfred Theatre Company owned by Manek Master who also opposed Fenton. Consequently, Khatau started his own Alfred Company in 1881, where Fenton had a long and successful career.

Career She was the first Anglo-Indian actress of the Parsi, Gujarati, and Urdu theatre. She acted in Nanabhai Ranina's Nazan Shirin (1881), Bamanji Kabra's Bholi Gul (Innocent Flower, 1882, based on Ellen Wood's English novel East Lynne), Agha Hasan Amanat's Urdu opera Inder Sabha, Khambatta's Khudadad (The Gift of God, 1898, based on Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre), Gamde ni Gori (Village Nymph, 1890), Alauddin (1891), Tara Khurshid (1892), Kaliyug (1895) Her role of Jogan in Gopichand was much appreciated.

She had later worked with Framji Apu's theatre company and changed several theatre troupes thereafter.