footlights
/ (ˈfʊtˌlaɪts) /
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 | THE DAILY BEASTKatie Holmes may often have seemed like a doe in the footlights during her marriage to Tom Cruise.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTWe 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 WillsIt 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. ChambersThey came close to the footlights and placed huge piles of stage money side by side.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounIn 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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