0 a row of lights along the front of a stage at a theatre
1 the lights that are in a row along the floor at the front of a stage in a theater
Already a stage-hand was turning up the footlights and dragging chairs and tables hither and thither.
As the curtain rises the bare backs of the three women nearest the footlights gleam out white.
Out in the glare of the footlights and looking into that sea of faces, we began to fight for that audience.
Somewhat false impressions are produced upon critics nearer to the footlights than the back seats.
The chorus ranged themselves to right and left as he strode forward and waved the tricolor above the footlights.
And some might mistrust a libretto that is too 'literary' or too complicated, for metaphysical and other subtleties are not easily projected across the footlights.
Footlights would destroy a carnival as the absence of footlights would destroy a performance.
It was tempting to whisper a line from the footlights and feel one had already opened the theatre.
