fabulous invalid

Etymology
In reference to , 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.

Proper noun

 * 1) The theater; stage productions generally.
 * 2) * 1993, Clive Barker, Simon Trussler, New Theatre Quarterly 32 (volume 8, part 4, page 313)
 * 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,
 * 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,