footlights

/ (ˈfʊtˌlaɪts) /

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pl n theatre

lights set in a row along the front of the stage floor and shielded on the audience side

informal the acting profession; the stage

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How to use footlights in a sentence

DS: Yes, and at Cambridge [University] I performed standup with the [well-known Cambridge amateur theatrical group] Footlights.
Dan Stevens Blows Up ‘Downton’: From Chubby-Cheeked Aristo to Lean, Mean American Psycho|Tim Teeman|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Katie Holmes may often have seemed like a doe in the footlights during her marriage to Tom Cruise.
Why Katie Holmes May Win Custody|Nancy Hass|July 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But that was the feeling you got from him, on either side of the footlights.
Doc Watson, a Legendary Picker, Was Traditional Music’s Best Ambassador|Malcolm Jones|May 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We haven't even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

It 67 was that the piece which reads smoothly seldom acts well; whereas a play that gets over the footlights usually reads poorly.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Already a stage-hand was turning up the footlights and dragging chairs and tables hither and thither.
In Search of the Unknown|Robert W. Chambers
They came close to the footlights and placed huge piles of stage money side by side.
The Boy Grew Older|Heywood Broun
In front are the footlights, a row of earthenware bowls filled with oil, with a lighted wick floating in each one.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton

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