Footlights

Word FOOTLIGHTS
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Definitions and meanings of "Footlights"

What do we mean by footlights?

Lights placed in a row along the front of a stage floor. noun plural

The theater as a profession. noun plural

In theaters, a row of lights placed on the front of the stage, nearly on a level with the feet of the performers. Formerly called floats. noun

Plural form of footlight. noun

Theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors noun

A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.

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The word "footlights" in example sentences

Being behind the footlights was a constant struggle. ❋ Bothroyd, Betty (1988)

The footlights are the equator of the theatre, separating the ❋ Brett Page (N/A)

Its rewards are abundant in friendships as well as in cash, and the happiness radiated to you from behind the footlights is the direct result of the happiness that permeates the very being of the smiling favorite of the gods whose efforts to please you have met with your approbation. ❋ Ned Wayburn (N/A)

It is very sparsely furnished, but near the footlights is a large gilt couch, on which Isabelle is lying fast asleep. ❋ Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1892)

a little too much to be drawing for Dickens and that the footlights are the illumination of his scenic world, has so remarkable a sense of ❋ Henry James (1879)

Born in Scotland to an officer who'd been gassed in the First War, like an astonishing number of professionals, her naturally shy nature was able to transform itself above the footlights and on the set to create an actress of unusual distinction and versatility. ❋ John Farr (2010)

Then I got to watch the third act from the footlights. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

People who find themselves in dire economic straits throughout America tomorrow may also be expected to turn to the red-curtained drama of mass violence in order to “send a message” across the footlights. ❋ Unknown (2010)

From the footlights of Broadway to an ambulance in ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Crazy Horse," which opens a three-week run Jan. 18 at Film Forum, finds the 82-year-old director behind the footlights at the world-famous Paris cabaret, whose nude dance revues have made it one of the city's iconic attractions since the 1950s. ❋ Steve Dollar (2012)

And in front of that, the stage is dotted with footlights for added effect. ❋ Pia Catton (2011)

The bulk of my professional career has been spent as a card-carrying (and working) member of three actor's unions and the ACLU, so I do feel a kinship to the cause and the footlights, I just chose not to stump my way through life as Supermom. ❋ Tracy Shaffer (2010)

As former U.S. president George W. Bush spoke to a Saskatoon audience, I stood in the wings, sneaking a peek through the curtains at the spectators beyond the footlights. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Playwrights, directors and performers all seem to think that we want to be part of their act, that during a performance we're desperate for actors to descend into the aisles, converse with us, tussle our hair -- even, occasionally, drag us back up into the footlights with them. ❋ Peter Marks (2010)

With its footlights and old-fashioned front curtain, it is full of self-conscious theatricality. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Her profile lit strongly from the footlights below, so that we see the undersides of her fingertips over the background of the café crowd. ❋ Jerry Ratch (2011)

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