dramaturgic
Concerning play structure
Dramaturgic means relating to the art and craft of dramatic composition—the structure, technique, and staging of plays.
The term extends beyond theater to describe any situation analyzed as if it were staged performance: Goffman's dramaturgic approach treats social interaction as theater, with actors managing impressions for audiences.
The spelling dramaturgical is more common.
Authoring theatrical scripts
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
scene work · subtext · motivation · stage directions · rewriting · beat · speech · soliloquy
Storyline or land parcel
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- rising actionPlot buildup toward climax
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- falling actionPost-climax narrative decline
denouement · resolution · arc · protagonist · antagonist · conflict · stasis · inciting incident
One who leads
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stagingPreparing for presentation
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
program notes · audience engagement · adaptation · text editing · artistic collaboration · historical context · pre-production · workshop
Greek founder of formal logic
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- hamartiaFatal error causing downfall
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- mimesisArtistic imitation of reality
Brechtian · epic theater · Stanislavski · fourth wall · tragic flaw · theatricality
playwriting
Authoring theatrical scripts
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
monologue · scene work · subtext · motivation · stage directions · rewriting · beat · speech · soliloquy · aside
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- rising actionPlot buildup toward climax
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
falling action · denouement · resolution · arc · protagonist · antagonist · conflict · stasis · inciting incident · subplot
director
One who leads
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stagingPreparing for presentation
research · program notes · audience engagement · adaptation · text editing · artistic collaboration · historical context · pre-production · workshop
Aristotle
Greek founder of formal logic
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- hamartiaFatal error causing downfall
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
mimesis · Brechtian · epic theater · Stanislavski · fourth wall · tragic flaw · theatricality
dramaturgicundramatic
Not exciting or sensational
prosaic · literary · novelistic · poetic · cinematic
dramaturgicspontaneous
Arising without external cause
unrehearsed · unscripted · improvised · naturalistic · artless
dramaturgicdocumentary
Factual film about reality
journalistic · reportorial · factual · non-fictional · observational
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