dramaturge

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English

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Etymology

Noun

dramaturge (plural dramaturges)

  1. (rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
    Synonym: dramaturgist
  2. (rare, theater) 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.
    Synonym: dramaturg

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Verb

dramaturge (third-person singular simple present dramaturges, present participle dramaturging, simple past and past participle dramaturged)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge.
    • 2020 June 9, Michael Paulson, “Theater Artists Decry Racism in Their Industry”, in The New York Times:
      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”); []

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French

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós).

Pronunciation

Noun

dramaturge m or f by sense (plural dramaturges)

  1. (theater) playwright (writer of plays for the theatre)

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