dramaturge
English
Etymology
- Definition 1: Borrowed from French dramaturge.
- Definition 2: Borrowed from German Dramaturg.
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
Related terms
- dramaturgic
- dramaturgical
- dramaturgically
- dramaturgist
- dramaturgy
Translations
playwright
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literary adviser or editor
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Verb
dramaturge (third-person singular simple present dramaturges, present participle dramaturging, simple past and past participle dramaturged)
- (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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Further reading
- dramaturge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁa.ma.tyʁʒ/
Noun
dramaturge m or f by sense (plural dramaturges)
- (theater) playwright (writer of plays for the theatre)
Related terms
- dramaturgie
- dramaturgique
Further reading
- “dramaturge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.