Dramaturge vs. Dramaturg

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  • Dramaturge

    A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults with authors, and does public relations work. Its modern-day function was originated by the innovations of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, an 18th-century German playwright, philosopher, and theatre theorist.

Wikipedia
  • Dramaturge (noun)

    Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.

  • Dramaturge (noun)

    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.

  • Dramaturg (noun)

    alternative form of dramaturge

Wiktionary
  • Dramaturge (noun)

    a dramatist.

  • Dramaturge (noun)

    a literary editor on the staff of a theatre who liaises with authors and edits texts.

Oxford Dictionary

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