dramaturgy

dra·ma·tur·gy | \ ˈdra-mə-ˌtər-jē

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Definition of dramaturgy

: the art or technique of dramatic composition and theatrical representation

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Recent Examples on the Web Yet the styles of this movie, too, leave strong traces in memory that reach beyond the boundaries of its dramaturgy. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "What to Stream: Three Online Releases of Movies That Would Have Come to Theatres," 24 Apr. 2020 Sure enough, there’s nothing fancy about the down-to-earth dramaturgy of Ms. Hall’s kitchen-sink chronicles of family life in all its varied aspects. — Terry Teachout, WSJ, "‘The Hot Wing King’ Review: Spicy Family Drama," 5 Mar. 2020 The dramaturgy would likely strike Euripides as fairly conventional, with the exception of Orest’s refusal, in the final scene, to follow the god Apollo’s orders. — Matthew Aucoin, The New York Review of Books, "Opera at the Edge," 7 Dec. 2019 The music is colorful in the manner of Tchaikovsky (who was Rubinstein’s student), but the opera’s dramaturgy is awkward. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "‘The Demon’ Review: Obsession and Seduction," 31 July 2018 Director Peter Kazaras made room for both styles, embracing the opera’s tell-more-than-show dramaturgy, moving from tableau to tableau. — Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, "‘Samson and Delilah’ has old-school opera style and strengths," 2 Mar. 2020 Here, the adroitness of the dramaturgy comes into play. — Nicholas M. Gallagher, National Review, "The Vietnam War at the Kentucky Opera," 23 Nov. 2019 McGee’s staging winks knowingly at the play’s potboiler narrative and creaky dramaturgy: Stylized sound and lighting cues underscore soap-opera-style developments, and the characters react to events in deliberately exaggerated fashion. — Celia Wren, Washington Post, "Bravo for reviving the play that scandalized Jane Austen’s world," 11 Nov. 2019 Uzma Hameed was credited for the dramaturgy, although little was offered in the way of information about who occupied what levels of hell the 13 sections represented. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: Thomas Adès’ spectacular ‘Inferno’ gets the Wayne McGregor and Tacita Dean touch," 14 July 2019

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“Dramaturgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramaturgy. Accessed 16 Jul. 2020.

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