Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A writer or adapter of plays; a playwright.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A writer of plays; a dramaturgist.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A position within a theatre that deals mainly with research and development.
  • noun Someone skilled in the dramatic arts, a playwright for example.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Greek drāmatourgos : drāma, drāmat-, drama; see drama + ergon, work; see werg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • 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.

    Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010

  • 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.

    Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010

  • 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.

    Issue 0.034 z0mbieastronaut 2009

  • 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.

    Stuart Whatley: Pulpit Politicking Returns for 2010 Election Cycle Stuart Whatley 2010

  • 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.

    Jan. 12th, 2009 - Issue 0.034 z0mbieastronaut 2009

  • Even during the brief rehearsal period, "we couldn't keep the actors down," said Woolly dramaturge Miriam Weisfeld.

    Theater of War at Woolly Mammoth: A fighting chance to grasp battle's aftermath Nelson Pressley 2010

  • 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.

    A Starter Kit for Musicals Pia Catton 2011

  • With their dramaturge, the pair has overhauled the show.

    A Starter Kit for Musicals Pia Catton 2011

  • 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.

    Soldanela Rivera: Latino Disconnect: The Science of a Curve Ball Soldanela Rivera 2011

  • Composer and sound, Anthony Cochrane; resident dramaturge, Michele Osherow.

    Theater review: Folger Theatre's 'Henry VIII' Peter Marks 2010

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