DRAMATURGE

Etymology

Noun

dramaturge (plural dramaturges)

(rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.

Synonym: dramaturgist

(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

Verb

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

(ambitransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge.

Source: Wiktionary



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