Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A writer or adapter of plays; a playwright.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A writer of plays; a dramaturgist.
Wiktionary
- n. A position within a theatre that deals mainly with research and development.
- n. Someone skilled in the dramatic arts, a playwright for example.
Etymologies
- French, from Greek drāmatourgos : drāma, drāmat-, drama; see drama + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“With their dramaturge, the pair has overhauled the show.”
“After the list is whittled to a dozen, the teams for the selected shows are assigned a professional dramaturge, given introductions to directors or producers, guidance on how to self-produce—and subsidies for production costs.”
“But, back to the curve ball, the day after I knew I would interview and write about Ms. López, in one single day I coincidentally saw two close friends - Sandra Guzman, an Emmy winning journalist and author and Rosalba Rolón, award winning dramaturge, USA Artist Fellow and Board Member and Artistic Director of Pregones Theatre - both with intersecting connections to Josefina López.”
The Huffington Post: Soldanela Rivera: Latino Disconnect: The Science of a Curve Ball
“Even during the brief rehearsal period, "we couldn't keep the actors down," said Woolly dramaturge Miriam Weisfeld.”
The Washington Post: Theater of War at Woolly Mammoth: A fighting chance to grasp battle's aftermath
“He subsequently taught in an inner-city comprehensive school in London, England, before returning to Canada after a year to serve as dramaturge, then associate director and finally artistic director at Toronto Free Theatre.”
“Composer and sound, Anthony Cochrane; resident dramaturge, Michele Osherow.”
The Washington Post: Theater review: Folger Theatre's 'Henry VIII'
“This prediction may be optimistic, and it further begs the question of whether the ADF seeks to be a serious advocacy group, or merely a headlining dramaturge.”
The Huffington Post: Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle
“Since 2002, when Mr. Kaufman first began working with this material, he has used every draft that he and his dramaturge, David G. Schultz, could find of Williams's short story and screenplay—and there were many.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Director Finds His Way to Tennessee
“Wheeldon and his dramaturge Nicholas Wright have done some creative tweaking, adding a prologue, set in Oxford 1862, that creates human equivalents for the fantasy characters.”
“Current dramaturge Gavin Witt picked the 2011-12 season; Lewis didn't see the logic of choosing and leaving.”
The Washington Post: Irene Lewis leaves Center Stage with the same edge that defined her career
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