Melodramatic (alluding to the type of dramas once performed in theaters south of the Thames)
{s} beyond a bridge, located on the other side of a bridge; (Archaic) from the other side of the ocean; (British) located on the south side of the Thames River; of or typical of melodramas that were performed in the 19th century in London theaters situated on the south sid of the Thames River; too dramatic, melodramatic, over dramatic
Of, or pertaining to the sensational melodramas presented on the south side of the Thames in the 19th century or earlier