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The Exeter Theatre Fire: Britain's Deadliest Theatre Disaster (Documentary)

On the evening of 5th September 1887, nearly two hundred people attended a theatre performance in Exeter — and most of those who never made it home were lost not to the flames, but to a single staircase. The gallery of the Theatre Royal had one way out for hundreds of people. That was legal. That was licensed. It was also entirely preventable, and the reckoning that followed permanently changed how Britain protects the public in places of entertainment.

This documentary traces Exeter at its Victorian peak, the touring theatre industry that packed working families into poorly exited galleries, and the decades of warnings that went unheeded. It covers the night the Theatre Royal was lost, the inquiry that named the failures, and the reforms that reshaped every public venue in Britain. Stay to the end to see how that legacy still surrounds you every time you take your seat in a theatre today.

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Видео The Exeter Theatre Fire: Britain's Deadliest Theatre Disaster (Documentary) канала Shocking Britain
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