After that, everyone had to see for themselves. Not one of the low burlesque theaters, which no decent person would think of visiting, would dare present such an unblushingly bawdy work for fear of clashing with the police." That revue was probably because of a rather novel feature of 'Florodora' was that it was devoid of the ladies wearing the usual tights with the exception of a single pair worn by the prima Donna. Well, one of the first critics to revue and print said this: "One of the most uncompromisingly filthy plays ever seen in New York, and it is a shame that its representation is permitted by the police. They were even invited to teas on Fifth Avenue and many affluent males of all ages, married or not started attending performances at the Metropolitan Opera House. New York society fawned over the girls, and all the sudden everyone wanted to hear them, see them and meet them. The Florodora Sextet girls were largely responsible for the production turning from modest entertainment to a world wide phenomenon. The six who opened the 1900 show, wearing pink walking costumes, black picture hats and carrying frilly parasols, they were known as the Florodora Sextet, the original members ( pictured) were: Marjorie Relyea, Daisy Greene, Margaret Walker, Vaughn Tex-Smith, Marie Wilson and Agnes Wayburn. Some of them were in a musical stock company of female dancers who appeared in many other musicals such as Ziegfelds and George White productions.
These leggy dancers became a chorus type dance group like the Goldwyn Girls, Goldiggers, Samual Roxy's Roxyettes, Tiller Girls, Ziegfeld Girls and others.
The New York production was even more popular, opening the following season and running for 552. The original London production opened in 1899 where it ran for a very successful 455 performances. The most popular all Girl groups of the time was ' the English Girls' later nicknamed the " Florodora Girls" and " Florodora Sextette" who performed the leggy, risqué dances popular during the time in the show entitled "Florodora" which opened in London at the Lyric Theatre on November 11, 1899, and later came to America in 1900 at the Casino Theatre from the London Operetta.
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