Dramaturge
PERSON FULFILLING AN ADVISORY ROLE REGARDING THE LITERARY OR DRAMATURGICAL ASPECTS OF THEATRE, OPERA OR DANCE PRODUCTIONS OR WITHIN A THEATRE, OPERA OR DANCE ORGANIZATION
Dramaturg; Dramaturgs; Dramatrug; Dramaturges; Dramaturgist
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 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.