| Against a dark backdrop, invisible footlights pick out Paganini's lithe silhouette, sheathed in a formal black suit. |
| The appearance of pity and fear on both sides of the footlights seems not to rule out catharsis as a principle in dramatic criticism. |
| We don't know our stage directions anymore and the footlights are fading into the shadows. |
| Never final, admittedly flawed, it was arguably a masterwork as its proponents on both sides of the footlights have proclaimed with passion. |
| Why he chose to cross over the footlights and climb onto the stage and be an actor in this story is beyond me. |
| The water, representing the Milky Way that kept the lovers apart, ran downstage to the footlights, and into a basin. |
