The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-11-10
FLoRODoRA A SUCCESS.

| Finely Presented and Highly Gratified :, a Large Audience at the Hyperion | Last Night.
 ] After a remarkably successful run of | nearly two years at the Lyric theater, | London the English musical comedy, l ''FIorodora," has made it's appearance on the American stage and last even- | ing was presented at the Hyperion for the first time on this side of the At lantic.
 The first act opens on the island of Florodora in the Philippines the sec ond transports one to an old Welsh cas- tie and finally closes with a most strik- ing ballroom scene.
 Of course as is usual at a first per formance some slight bitches occurred
 but taking all in all the members of the company, chorus and orchestra showed
 evidence of most careful preparatory
 drill and although the two acts covered
 nearly four hours the production scored
 a highly favorable impression, which
 was increasingly manifested up to the
 very end. Without hesitation it may
 be prophesied that 'Florodora" is des-
 tined to prove 8 tremendous favorite
 with theatergoers.
 The music is delightfully."- melodious,
 fresh and catchy" A number of the songs will doubtless soon be taken up by the popular ear. Meath the Palms"
 "Tell Me Gentle Stranger" T Have an Inklng," '"rhe Maid of the Philip pine Isle" and q Want to be a Milf
 tary Man" all received repeated ap- plause, the second named being en- cored four times.
 Fannie Johnston as Dolores, MT. Edouin as Anthony Tweedlepunch, MT. Graham as Cyrus Gilfair, Cyril Scott as Captain Donegal, and Berkam Godfrey as Frank Abercoed carried their parts with good voice and manner.
 Edna Wallace Hopper appearing as Lady Hollywood seemed scarcely adapt ed to her role and her voice was too thin in quality to prove effective. But she ought to be given the part of An gela Gilfain, which seems much better suited to her personality and which was done only fairly well by Miss May Edouin.
 Mr. Edouin deserves special commen- dation for his large and thoroughly amusing share in the success of the production.
 The book coming as it does from London Is in places somewhat too heavy or broadly suggestive judged by American standards, but slight experi- ence here will suffice to eliminate de- fects
 Seldom if ever has a chorus been seen so uniformly attractive in stage pres ence as that of "Florodora." It is in teresting to note that the names and | faces are decidedly English-evidenty a bevy of exceptionally pretty girls | have been induced to pay us visit.
 The costumes and scenery were skill | fully planned to produce some very ef- fective pictures. The ballroom scene in | the second act is a magnificent sue- cess.
 The play as a whole was beautifully | staged. The number of really pretty chorus women was a revelation. Much credit is due the stage directors, George Task and Lewis Hooper, not to forget Melville Ellis the musical drec- tor, for his excellent training of fine chorus "Florodora" is well worth see ng, what is more. it tiafforded an even- ng's entertainment calculated to make 1ne forget the ills of life, and those the lesh is heir to.
 The performance will be repeated this afternoon and evening. Seats are now ,elling. Prices, matinee s1, 75c soc, S5c, En nieht s1 h0 S1 75c h0c 3hc. 2hc.