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Meanings of footlights in English

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cambridge university footlights dramatic club
Catalan
footlights

Amateur theatrical club in Cambridge.

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        Usage of footlights in English
        1
        Fancy the attraction-anemperor before the footlights; but fancy the boredom also.
        Imperial Purple
        2
        They were of the middle class of the people of the footlights.
        The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
        3
        The portrait of a queen of the footlights leaped into the air.
        Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
        4
        Eileen dropped out her junior year to hit the footlights on Broadway.
        Speaking in Bones
        5
        The proscenium stage was large and lit with footlights on each side.
        New york: the novel
        6
        The lust for the footlights' glare grew lurid in his mothish eye.
        The Works of Max Beerbohm
        7
        The footlights are between and they give a sense of separation-andprotection.
        Destiny
        8
        The big screen hangs high on a stage decked out with footlights.
        The Irish Times
        9
        No footlights, but tragedy-mightier ,ghastlierthan Ristori or Edwin Booth ever acted.
        The Abominations of Modern Society
        10
        The edge of the counter is more sacred than the footlights.
        The Grim Smile of the Five Towns
        11
        The footlights were moving forward toward the street of the market.
        O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
        12
        With the footlights gone, they could see the auditorium more clearly.
        Complete Books of Blood
        13
        It wouldn't be the first time Doctor Who trod the footlights.
        Wired
        14
        And what scenery there is behind the footlights will be faded and patched.
        A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
        15
        The palm trees are unhomely, the tropical plants seem to stand behind footlights.
        The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Volume 2
        16
        Hence, from the pulpit to the footlights was no great step.
        The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert
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