Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of melodrama. Also (frequently depreciative): characterized by sensationalism, exaggeration, or an…

designating or pertaining to dramas or stories of intrigue and romantic or melodramatic adventure, in which the principal characters are taken from…

= melodramatic, adj.

(a) = cloak and sword adj.; (b) of, concerned with, or characteristic of espionage, secrecy, intrigue, etc.; hence in various allusive phrases; hence…

attributive. Designating plays performed at or in a style characteristic of the Adelphi Theatre in London, esp. (in early use, chiefly in Adelphi scr…

(With capital initial.) The name of a theatre near the Strand in London, used attributively to denote a performance characteristic of those given…

That is across or over a bridge; spec. on the other side of the bridges in London, i.e. south of the Thames; transferred (from the style of drama…