![]() ![]() Courtesy Commons William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland.(1784–1849). After: Sir Joshua Reynolds Print made by: John Jones | 1794 | British Museum William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773-1857). Also known as Francis Rawdon (1754-1826) Portrait. The Theatre, which grew on private donations by shares of Rs 100 each, and was often called a ‘private subscription theatre’, remained unvaryingly under government protection until theatricals were rendered unfashionable under Lord Bentinck’s regime. The recently appointed Governors-General, the Earl of Moira graciously inaugurated the opening ceremony and continued his patronage contributing liberally on every occasion. ![]() ![]() The theatre-goers were kept waiting in earnest for Chowringhee Theatre to come and celebrate its opening gala night on November 25, 1813. There had been no standing theatres in Calcutta for a long while. CHOWRINGHEE THEATREĬhowringhee Theatre was founded in 1813 by the Amateur Dramatic Society and ultimately grew into more like a professional English theatre with the induction of paid artists to play along with the amateurs. Calcutta Theatre apart, a few short-lived English theatre houses came up as private initiatives, each became a part of history but none had become a historic entity, as the Chowringhee Theatre and Sans Souci were regarded in near future. The first one, named Play House, died young leaving little or no memory behind but a rare witness of Daniel’s well-known painting while the other, Calcutta Theatre, had a long eventful life of amateur theatre that ended in 1808 after a decade of pitiful existence of suffering from utter social neglect. Theatres were born out of social necessity in the late eighteenth century Calcutta as amateur enterprises. Sooner than the factors and writers populated Town Calcutta and before the English ladies totalled twenty above, the early settlers established English playhouses to bring about their national amusement – a mainstay of their social life. The FLAGGOTS organization is known across the country to be the premiere pride parade color guard.Under the Regulating Act of 1773 Calcutta was established as the seat of the John Company’s government in British India. In addition to all of his competitive teaching, Louis is proud to be a part of the the FLAGGOTS Color Guard (NY/NJ/PA/CT), where he has been the Creative Director since 2005. Additionally, he has had the privilege to work with a number of wonderful programs over the years, including: Madison Scouts Drum Corps (WI), Cypress Independent (TX), The Black Watch (NJ), The Blue Knights (CO), Sacred Heart University (CT) and countless other units throughout the NJ area. Previously he founded the West Orange High School winter guard, where he spent 12 years as the creative director and designer. Louis is currently the creative director and choreographer for the AMP Winter Guard, from Camden NJ, who was the 2017 WGI Open Class Champion, 2018 & 2019 Independent World Class Finalist, and 2019 Independent World Fan Favorite. Later, he was a member of the renowned Emerald Marquis color guard from Wakefield, Ma. His passion for the activity began quite humbly in Bayonne, NJ., from his hometown of Bayonne, NJ. Louis Hellinger is a lifelong New Jersey resident and has over 20 years of performance, design and instructional experience in the different color guard activities. ![]()
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