🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

dramaturgista

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dramatuʁʒista

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dramaturg/ˈdræm.ə.tɜːrɡ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O dramaturgista preparou o material de apoio para o público."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A literary editor or advisor attached to a theater or opera company who researches, selects, adapts, and edits plays.

    "The dramaturg worked closely with the director to ensure the historical accuracy of the production's dialogue."
  2. 2

    A specialist in dramaturgy who assists in the structural development and theoretical framing of theatrical performances.

    "She served as the resident dramaturg for the contemporary dance festival."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed from German Dramaturg, coined in the 18th century from the Greek dramaturgos (writer of dramas), combining drama (action, play) and ergon (work). The term was popularized by the German playwright G.E. Lessing in his theatrical critiques before being adopted into English theatrical terminology to describe a literary editor and advisor for dramatic productions.

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