Miss Laye made her stage debut at the age of 15 and enjoyed her first big success in "The Merry Widow" in 1923.
His words to the songs in The Merry Widow (1907) became the standard English version of that piece, performed throughout the world for many decades.
In 1923 she was in The Merry Widow at Daly's Theatre.
At the time Moncrieff was appearing in The Merry Widow and returned to the stage on the night of her wedding.
In "The Merry Widow" his bravura again becomes expressive.
Here they were together again on the Met stage in "The Merry Widow," Mr. Stevenson said.
In 1911 she married Harry Burgess, a singer in the Merry Widow.
She also sang roles in The Merry Widow and Lucia di Lammermoor, among others.
Graves did not stay in The Merry Widow for the whole of its long run.
In 1932 he once again played Popoff in The Merry Widow.