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dramaturgy

[ drah-muh-tur-jee, dram-uh- ]

noun

  1. the craft and techniques of dramatic composition.


dramaturgy

/ ˈdræməˌtɜːdʒɪ /

noun

  1. the art and technique of the theatre; dramatics


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Derived Forms

  • ˌdramaˈturgic, adjective
  • ˌdramaˈturgically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • dram·a·tur·gic [drah-m, uh, -, tur, -jik, dram-, uh, -], dram·a·tur·gi·cal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dramaturgy1

First recorded in 1795–1805; from Greek drāmatourgía “dramatic composition,” equivalent to drāmaturg(ós) “playwright” + -ia -y 3; dramatic, -urgy

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Example Sentences

Also, because Ramsey-Zoe comes to directing by way of dramaturgy — specifically new play development — he was especially right for the job.

This does not seem like a profound bit of dramaturgy on my part, and he agrees with it.

Ibsen will live, not as a dramaturgist, but as the greatest professor of dramaturgy the world has ever known.

The imaginative equipment of Maeterlinck's dramaturgy is rather limited and, on its face value, trite.

On the whole, Kalidasa was remarkably faithful to the ingenious but somewhat over-elaborate conventions of Indian dramaturgy.

There was a declaration of principles to be formulated out of sagacity and dramaturgy.

Dramaturgy, dram′a-tur-ji, n. the principles of dramatic composition: theatrical art.

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