2-321-611 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lily Elsie and Joseph Coyne in The Merry Widow, c1907. Elsie as Sonia (the Merry Widow) and Coyne as Prince Danilo. The English adaptation of Franz Lehar's operetta, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, opened at Daly's Theatre in London in June 1907, running for 778 performances.