'Before the footlights' definitions:
Definition of 'Before the footlights'
From: GCIDE
- Footlight \Foot"light`\, n. One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. [1913 Webster]
- Before the footlights, upon the stage; -- hence, in the capacity of an actor. [1913 Webster]