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What is a footlight?

What is a footlight? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.
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There's far more heroism in the attitude of men out here than in the footlight attitude that journalists paint for the public.
After brilliantly passing the test of the album release, the Frenchmen have now decided to get across the footlight.
Henry James is a famous example of a brilliant writer whose dreams of footlight glory were not meant to be.
Simultaneous-like, he became conscious of the fact that the footlight Favorites were no longer worthy of him.
He mounted plays with enough credibility to draw serious theatregoers, as he appealed to the general public's guilty thrill at seeing stars of a certain pedigree join the footlight parade.
Dazed and wordless, weak from stage-fright, he permitted himself to be led forth into the terrifying glare of the footlight world.

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