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Definition of Footlight
1. n. One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith.
Definition of Footlight
1. Noun. A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Footlight
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Footlight
Literary usage of Footlight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Dramatist by Montrose Jonas Moses (1917)
"CHAPTER XV SUNLIGHT, MOONLIGHT, AND footlight IT ia a healthy condition for us
to have reached in drama, when we become conscious of its presence in the ..."
2. Musical Memories: My Recollections of Celebrities of the Half Century, 1850-1900 by George Putnam Upton (1908)
"... CHAPTER IX MORE footlight FAVORITES ANNE BISHOP'S LONG CAREER — FABBRI AND "THE
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" ..."
3. Catalogue of the Circulating Department: And a Portion of the Books ...by Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) by Free Public Library (Worcester, Mass.) (1884)
"7882 footlight flashes. 6379 and character. 2 v. 16817-18 Hours with the players.
2 v. 22103-4 — Doran, J. Annals of the Eng. stage; fr. Betterton to Kean. ..."
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