Dramaturge
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company. rare
- 2 A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programs (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work. rare
Verb
- 1 To act as a dramaturge. ambitransitive, rare
"It expresses concerns about programming (“We have watched you program play after play, written, directed, cast, choreographed, designed, acted, dramaturged and produced by your rosters of white theatermakers for white audiences”); […]"
Example
More examples"It expresses concerns about programming (“We have watched you program play after play, written, directed, cast, choreographed, designed, acted, dramaturged and produced by your rosters of white theatermakers for white audiences”); […]"
Etymology
* Definition 1: Borrowed from French dramaturge. * Definition 2: Borrowed from German Dramaturg.
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