The Widow Jones is a musical comedy created by the writer John J. McNally as a star vehicle for the actress and singer May Irwin.

Irwin portrays Beatrice Byke an un-married "fat-fair-and-forty" woman who has run away to Maine and assumed the false identity of a widow going by the surname Jones in order to avoid her many ardent suitors.

[1] The Widow Jones premiered at the Boston Museum on September 2, 1895, and then went on tour for performances in cities throughout the United States.

[2] Part of this tour included performances at Broadway's Bijou Theatre where it began its run on September 16, 1895.

[3] On April 21, 1896 at the Bijou Theatre the show's producer's, Rich & Harris of Boston, presented Irwin with a custom made silver perfume bottle and a plaque to celebrate the production's 300th performance given during the production's run (not all on Broadway, but collectively).