footlight

noun

Etymology: From foot + light.

1. A stage light located at the front edge of the stage that illuminates the actors from foot level up.

   “You see, she was gonna be an actress / And I was gonna learn to fly / She took off to find the footlights / I took off to find the sky”

   “Blinded to the astonishment of a thousand spectators by the force of the footlights, [Derek] Jacobi realised he'd dried.”