Learning from Tragedy
type: Item
label: Leren van tragedie @nl
label: Aus Tragödien lernen @de
label: Poučná tragédie @cs
label: Imparare dalle Tragedie @it
label: Aprender de la tragedia @es
label: Att lära av tragedin @sv
description: The fire at the Ringtheater, Vienna
description: De brand in het Ringtheater, Wenen @nl
description: Der Ringtheaterbrand in Wien @de
description: Požár ve vídeňském Ringtheatru @cs
description: L'incendio al Ringtheater, Vienna @it
description: El incendio del Ringtheater, Viena @es
description: Branden på Ringteatern, Wien @sv
Canon story number: 50
Canon story code: J.05
Canon story topic: Unexpected stories
Field: Theatre management
Link to internal Canonbase page: Learning_from_Tragedy
Link to internal Canonbase page: Leren_van_tragedie
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: In the age of candle, oil and gas lighting, theatre fires were frequent and often claimed many lives. The Ringtheater fire in 1881 was one of the biggest fire disasters of the 19th century, and it led to many developments in fire safety.
time frame: Industrial Age
Canon story refers to: Ringtheater [Vienna, AT]