Sardoodledomn.
/sɑːˈduːd(ə)ldəm/ A fanciful word used to describe well-wrought, but trivial or morally objectionable, plays considered collectively; the characteristic milieu in which such work is admired.
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satyric1693
legitimate1826
boulevard theatre1838
satyr drama1839
tragicomic1842
costume drama1847
Sardoodledom1895
slice of life1895
cape and sword (also cape and cloak)1898
total theatre1935
epic theatre1938
Theatre of Cruelty1954
music theatre1957
psychodramatics1957
reader's theatre1957
metatheatre1960
Theatre of the Absurd1961
nautanki1962
Theatre of Fact1966
1895 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 1 June 725/2 (heading) Sardoodledom.
1897 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 17 Apr. 410/2 It is rather a nice point whether Miss Ellen Terry should be forgiven for sailing the Lyceum ship into the shallows of Sardoodledom for the sake of Madame Sans-Gêne.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 2/1 The ‘cup-and-saucer’ comedy of Robertson and what Mr. Shaw christened ‘Sardoodledom’..opened a new phase of theatrical history.
1959 Listener 30 July 186/3 Sardoodledom is not forgotten.
1960 Times 15 Jan. 16/1 We do not want to try to rebut Shaw's criticism of ‘Sardoodledom’.
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