fabulous invalid

proper noun

The theater as a declining artform; stage productions generally.

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Meanings

proper nounthe fabulous invalid
  1. The theater as a declining artform; stage productions generally.

    It hopes others will join in the financial medication of the fabulous invalid.

    1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 3, page 50
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    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, […]

    1993, Clive Barker, Simon Trussler, New Theatre Quarterly 32 (volume 8, part 4, page 313)

Synonyms & antonyms

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theater

Origin

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.

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APA

fabulous invalid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulous%20invalid

MLA

“fabulous invalid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulous%20invalid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fabulous invalid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fabulous%20invalid.

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