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fabulous invalid

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Etymology

In reference to The Fabulous Invalid, a 1938 stage play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that follows the oscillating fortunes of a fictitious Broadway theater between 1900 and 1930.

Definitions

  1. The theater as a declining artform

    The theater as a declining artform; stage productions generally.

    • It hopes others will join in the financial medication of the fabulous invalid.
    • Here, he continues to trace the long decline of the 'fabulous invalid' through the season of 1991-92 — a season overshadowed by the death of Joe Papp, […]

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