Footlights
noun
A row of lights in front of the stage floor in a theatre, used to shine light on the performers.
The actors took their positions behind the footlights before the curtain rose.
Often appears as...
- behind the footlights
- beyond the footlights
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Technical
noun
The theatre profession or environment. It's often used to represent the world of theatre and performing arts.
As a child, she had always dreamed of performing in the footlights.
Often appears as...
- in the footlights
- under the footlights
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Colloquial
noun
A row of lights in front of the stage floor in a theatre, used to shine light on the performers.
The actors took their positions behind the footlights before the curtain rose.
Often appears as...
- behind the footlights
- beyond the footlights
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The theatre profession or environment. It's often used to represent the world of theatre and performing arts.
As a child, she had always dreamed of performing in the footlights.
Often appears as...
- in the footlights
- under the footlights
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Theater Lighting
Footlights are specifically theater stage lights, not general lighting or lamps used elsewhere.
The play's dramatic ending was accentuated by the bright glow of the footlights.
Pro Tip 2/3Positioning
Footlights are located at the front edge of the stage, near the performers' feet, hence the name.
During the performance, he accidentally stepped too close to the footlights.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Term
Footlights is a technical term; use it when discussing stage design or theater production.
We need to adjust the footlights to avoid casting shadows on the actors' faces.
Pro Tip 1/3Theater Lighting
Footlights are specifically theater stage lights, not general lighting or lamps used elsewhere.
The play's dramatic ending was accentuated by the bright glow of the footlights.
Pro Tip 2/3Positioning
Footlights are located at the front edge of the stage, near the performers' feet, hence the name.
During the performance, he accidentally stepped too close to the footlights.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Term
Footlights is a technical term; use it when discussing stage design or theater production.
We need to adjust the footlights to avoid casting shadows on the actors' faces.
Pro Tip 1/3Theater Lighting
Footlights are specifically theater stage lights, not general lighting or lamps used elsewhere.
The play's dramatic ending was accentuated by the bright glow of the footlights.
Pro Tip 2/3Positioning
Footlights are located at the front edge of the stage, near the performers' feet, hence the name.
During the performance, he accidentally stepped too close to the footlights.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Term
Footlights is a technical term; use it when discussing stage design or theater production.
We need to adjust the footlights to avoid casting shadows on the actors' faces.
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Robert Gupta: Between...
she didn't think she was going to like it, she had never heard a violin before, but that hearing this music was like hearing the sunshine, and that nobody ever came to visit them, and that for the first time in six years, when she heard us play, she stopped shaking without medication. Suddenly, what we're finding with these concerts, away from the stage, away from the footlights, out
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Robert Gupta: Between...
she didn't think she was going to like it, she had never heard a violin before, but that hearing this music was like hearing the sunshine, and that nobody ever came to visit them, and that for the first time in six years, when she heard us play, she stopped shaking without medication. Suddenly, what we're finding with these concerts, away from the stage, away from the footlights, out
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Gracie Allen
American Comedian
I really don't act. I just live what George and I are doing. It has to make some sort of sense to me, or it won't ring true. No matter what the script says, there's no audience and no footlights and no camera for me. There's no make-believe. It's for real.
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Bette Midler
American Actress
I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept the audience's affection inside a Broadway theater - that didn't come easily to me.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a part of what I do and what I've done most of my life.
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Mae West
American Actress
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.
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Ivor Novello
Welsh Musician
Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.
Quote examples
Gracie Allen
American Comedian
I really don't act. I just live what George and I are doing. It has to make some sort of sense to me, or it won't ring true. No matter what the script says, there's no audience and no footlights and no camera for me. There's no make-believe. It's for real.
Quote examples
Bette Midler
American Actress
I had a hard-scrabble childhood with my parents. I have a lot of baggage. To come down to the footlights and accept the audience's affection inside a Broadway theater - that didn't come easily to me.
Quote examples
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a part of what I do and what I've done most of my life.
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Mae West
American Actress
Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
My method of getting a play across the footlights is like a revolver shooting: every line has a bullet in it and comes with an explosion.
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Ivor Novello
Welsh Musician
Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.
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