Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The art of the theater, especially the writing of plays.
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- n. The art of dramatic composition for the stage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The art of dramatic composition and representation.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The science which treats of the rules of dramatic composition and representation; the dramatic art.
- n. Theatrical representation; histrionism.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the art of writing and producing plays
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Examples
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I think this kind of dramaturgy difficult to plan ahead in a concept stage of a game.
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The dramaturgy in writer-director Rashaad Ernesto Green's film can get heavy-handed.
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They were engaging the audience by approaching them while lip-syncing and performing dramaturgy.
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He developed a new dramaturgy called "Epic Theatre"; his plays are translated into numerous languages and performed on all over the world.
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Producers of the rival big show in town, "Burning Down the House" immediately dismissed Obama's script as more radical agit- prop dramaturgy, but most independent scribes saw it as an old-fashioned sports melodrama featuring a beleaguered coach giving a locker room halftime speech invoking the spirit of his old friend Sputnik while exhorting the team to pull together and defeat the villainous adversary, Doctor Deficit.
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More importantly, he draws on the Queen's own fascination with dramaturgy and poetry, which allows the film to dwell rather interestingly on the connection between art and politics "All art is political, otherwise it would just be decoration," snaps Oxford.
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Ironically, it would have benefited from cinematic dramaturgy, a world whose constraints Herrmann was no doubt trying to escape.
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Some of the truths pried out feel calculated and often couched in dramaturgy worryingly close to television fare.
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"Besides being a magnificent adapter, Jorge Ali Triana is a very good director of actors, with an alert sense of dramaturgy."
Jorge Ali Triana brings Gabriel Garcia Marquez tale to GALA Hispanic Theatre
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Design clashes aside, the actual dramaturgy looked as if produced on a shoestring.
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