Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The lever and weights used to operate a fire curtain as seen from a theatre's backstage. A safety curtain (or fire curtain in America) is a passive fire protection feature used in large proscenium theatres. It is usually a heavy fabric curtain located immediately behind the proscenium arch. Asbestos-based materials were originally
The Iroquois Memorial Hospital was built as a memorial to the fire, and Chicago held an annual memorial service. The Iroquois fire prompted widespread implementation of the panic bar, asbestos fire curtains, and doors that open outward. The theater was rebuilt and operated until 1925, when it was replaced by the Oriental Theatre.
Theater drapes represent a portion of any production's soft goods, a category comprising any non-wardrobe, cloth-based element of the stage or scenery. [2] Theater curtains are often pocketed at the bottom to hold weighty chain or to accept pipes to remove their fullness and stretch them tight.
The word "ASBESTOS" is written on the curtain. When electric light was not yet available, theatre fires were very common and often had multiple fatalities. At intermission time, theater staff would lower and raise the "asbestos curtain" to assure the audience they were safe and protected in case of a fire.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial ...
The Belasco Theatre in 1910 The Belasco Theatre (right), c. 1916. The wrought steel front railings of the boxes and balconies were designed by Trost & Trost Architects. The interior was finished in the Italian renaissance style. On the asbestos stage curtain was a copy of Fernand Cormon's painting, Les Vainqueurs de Salamine. [6]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Professional nonprofit theaters haven’t recovered from the Covid pandemic, with dozens of stages set to shutter. Democrats are introducing legislation that could keep the curtains from closing.