What is another word for the footlights?

Pronunciation: [ðə fˈʊtla͡ɪts] (IPA)

The footlights are a key element of theatre productions. They are the lights that are positioned at the front of the stage, shining directly onto the actors. However, there are several other names for the footlights that are used in different countries and contexts. In American theatre, they are often referred to as "border lights," while in British theatre, they are called "floats" or "fires." Some other alternative words for footlights include "limelight," "spotlights," "stage lights," and "proscenium lights." Regardless of the name used, the function of the footlights remains the same, to illuminate the performers, highlighting their presence and creating an immersive experience for the audience.

What are the hypernyms for The footlights?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    stage lighting, theatrical lighting, performance lighting.

Famous quotes with The footlights

  • Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.
    Ivor Novello
  • 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.
    Mae West
  • '...Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and the plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them. But when dear Sebastian speaks it is like a little sphere of soapsud drifting off the end of an old clay pipe, anywhere, full of rainbow light for a second and then - phut! vanished, with nothing left at all, nothing.'
    Evelyn Waugh
  • To try to live in posterity is to be like an actor who leaps over the footlights and talks to the orchestra.
    Samuel Butler (novelist)

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