Avery Hopwoods popular three-act drawing room comedy was produced by David Belasco to provide his protégé Blanche Bates with a rare departure from dramatic roles. Nobody's Widow opened on 15 November 1910 for 215 performances at the Hudson Theatre. Bates played Roxana Clayton, who is so disturbed by catching her husband (played by Bruce McRae) kissing another woman that she tells their friends he died. He struggles to win her back, but obstacles stand in the way until the final curtain. A silent motion picture version of Nobody's Widow appeared in 1927.
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.