The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-11
AT THE LOCAL THEATRES.
Hyperion Theater.

Of all the plays that have made their first bid for public approval at the Hyperion theater, few have had brighter prospects than Fascinating Flora" which is to have it's first ap- pearance on Thursday night and will be repeated on Frilay and Saturday nights also.
 Everyone connected with the piece in any capacity whatever seems imbued. with the most absolute confidence in it's immediate and lasting success, and there seems to be every gound for such confidence The authors of the piece, LIessrs Burnside and Herbert, who are responsible for the book anl lyrics, and MT. Kerker, who wrote the music. are well and favorably known for their last joint work, "The Social Whirl," which also received it's first production here and afterwards made so phenomenal run at the Casino. The cast contains number of the artists who we're identi- fled with that success, notable among them being Adele Ritcbie, the original Violet Dare of "The Whirl," who now takes the title role of Fascinating Flora" and who is known In New York as the Dresden china cone1ienne. And then there is unctious Louise Harrison, one of the cleverest of our light opera comedians, who was so very well liked here in the role of Hans Coquenard in "Veronique, the Flower Girl. Scarcely less in importance are Ada Lewis and Ella Snyder, the former of whom made her first great hit as the tough girl with the cid Harrigan and Hart company when it was in its prime and who was here last fall in The So- cial Whirl' in the part of the soubrette from the I1aho circuit, a part which she also created. Miss Synder was the most emphatic hit in "The White Cat' and has also appeared in other musical comedies with pronounced success. Frederick Bond was also featured performer in "The Social Whirl' in which he created the part of James El- lingham.
 James E. Sullivan will be remember el by many as the polite lunatic in The Belle of New York" Edna Chase had a prominent role in "The Tourists" while Arthur Stanford has been iden- tified with "The Vanderbilt Cup The chorus (and by the way it is one of the largest ever brought here) is of l the true Casino type, Many and many of the musical comedies on the road ad- vertise a Casino chorus, but the fact is there is but one an1 that is with "Fas- cinating Flora. It is composed Of the l pick of the show girls of New York who can sing, dance and wear stunning clothes in a stunning manner
 The story of. the play will not be re- vealed before the production, this hav- ing at last come to be the accepted way of handling an attraction and cer- tainly the way that common sense would dictate, and so those intereste1 will have to be content to know that there are two acts, one laid in Paris and the other in New York.
 As to the scenery anl costuming, il is enough to say that they have beer l made with the expectation that the l piece will stay at the Casino all sum mer and for the greater part of the 1 winter.
 Every detail of the production Is under the immediate personal supervis. ion of MT R. H. Burnside, than whom there is no more brilliant stage mana ger in this country.
 The sale of tickets for all three per. formances will open on Tuesday morn ing at nine o'clock.