A dramatic club, with, in recent years, a penchant for satire, established under that name in 1883. For a brief history see H. C. Porter, ‘Footlights Dramatic Club, the early years, 1993-1913’, Cambridge 10 (1982) pp. 50-55, and for a full account, Robert Hewison, Footlights!: a hundred years of Cambridge comedy (London, 1983).
