Meanings
plural dramaturges
- rareentertainmentSomeone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
Synonyms: dramaturgist
present singular third person dramaturges · participle present dramaturging · participle past dramaturged · past dramaturged
- ambitransitiverareentertainmentTo act as a dramaturge.
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”); […]
2020 June 9, Michael Paulson, “Theater Artists Decry Racism in Their Industry”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSomeone who writes or adapts theater plays; a playwright or dramatist, especially one connected with a specific theater or company.
nounA 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.
Origin
- GermanDramaturg
- Frenchdramaturge
- Englishdramaturge
* Definition 1: Borrowed from French dramaturge. * Definition 2: Borrowed from German Dramaturg.
More words from French, German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech dramaturg
- dramaturgliterary adviser or editor
Finnish näytelmäkirjailija, dramaturgi
- näytelmäkirjailijaplaywright
- dramaturgiliterary adviser or editor
French dramaturge
- dramaturgeplaywright
German Bühnenautor, Dramatiker
- Bühnenautorplaywright
- Dramatikerplaywright
- Schauspieldichterplaywright
- Stückeschreiberplaywright
- Dramaturgliterary adviser or editor
- Dramaturginliterary adviser or editor
Greek δραματουργός
- δραματουργός (dramatourgós)playwright
Hebrew מחזאי, מחזאית
- מחזאי (makhaza'í)literary adviser or editor
- מחזאית (makhaza'ít)literary adviser or editor
Polish dramaturg, dramaturżka
- dramaturgplaywright
- dramaturżkaplaywright
- dramatopisarzplaywright
- dramatopisarkaplaywright
Romanian dramaturg
- dramaturgplaywright
Spanish dramaturgo
- dramaturgoplaywright
Cite this entry
dramaturge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dramaturge
“dramaturge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dramaturge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dramaturge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dramaturge.
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