Footlight

A footlight is a theatrical lighting device arranged to illuminate a stage from the front edge of the stage floor in front of the curtain. Originally set in a row of hooded individual enclosures, electric footlights are presently set in troughs across the edge of the stage so that they are not visible to the audience.^[1] An indirect footlight uses a light aimed at a reflecting surface to diffuse the illumination.^[2]

See also

• Limelight

References

1. ^ "Footlight". Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill. 2006. – via Credo Reference. credoreference.com.
2. ^ "Indirect footlight". Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill. 2006. – via Credo Reference. credoreference.com.