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dramaturgy
Word definitions for dramaturgy in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dramaturgy \Dram"a*tur`gy\, n. [Gr. ? dramatic composition; ? drama + a root akin to E. work: cf. F. dramaturgie.] The art of dramatic composition and representation.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context theater English) The art of dramatic composition for the stage.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"composition and production of plays," 1801, from French dramaturgie , from Greek dramatourgia , from drama (genitive dramatos ) + ergos "worker" (see organ ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Dramaturgy is the study of dramatic composition and the representation of the main elements of drama on the stage. The word dramaturgy was coined by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in his influential work Hamburg Dramaturgy , written when he was employed by the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the art of writing and producing plays [syn: dramatic art , dramatics , theater , theatre ]
Usage examples of dramaturgy.
Women who found themselves thus deprived of their daily doses of lugubrious domestic dramaturgy organized, marched, and threatened to topple a terrified government.
In this we follow a law as old as any, the law of dramaturgy, which gets its best effects from an equalizing of forces.
William Christian believes there is a ready answer in cathedral dramaturgy (especially Christmas plays), in itinerant preachers and pilgrims, and in church sermons.
At Delphi, Cyprian dedicated himself to Apollo and to the dramaturgy of the serpent.
George was once a singing waiter, accustomed to linking dramaturgy and digestion, and he attacked the dangling nose with verve.