The Asphaleia System
type: Item
label: Het Asphaleia Systeem @nl
label: Das Asphaleia System @de
label: Systém Asphaleia @cs
label: Il Sistema Asphaleia @it
label: El sistema Asphaleia @es
label: Asphaleia scentekniksystem @sv
description: A fire-proof stage
description: Een brandveilig podium @nl
description: Eine feuerfeste Bühne @de
description: Ohnivzdorná scéna @cs
description: Un palcoscenico a prova di incendio @it
description: Un escenario a prueba de incendios @es
description: Den brandsäkrade scenen @sv
Canon story number: 59
Canon story code: I.06
Canon story topic: Health and safety
Field: health and safety
Link to internal Canonbase page: The_Asphaleia_System
Link to internal Canonbase page: Het_Asphaleia_Systeem
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: In the 19th century, the wooden theatres, lit by naked flames, frequently burned down, sometimes with great loss of life, and always at a financial cost. The Asphaleia system for building stages put safety first in all areas of theatre production.
time frame: Early 20th Century
Canon story refers to: Ringtheater [Vienna, AT]
Canon story refers to: Hungarian State Opera House [Budapest]
Canon story refers to: Opera House [Halle, DE]
Modern Opera Houses index: Criticisms of Heinrich Richter, III. S. pp.-48, 49; Criticisms of Julius Rudolph, III. S. pp. 49, 50 ; Criticisms of Josef Christofani, III. S. p. 53.