dramaturgical

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In trying to capture this almost stoic modesty, the film, directed by James Hawes, falls into a dramaturgical trap.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

As a dramaturgical device, it’s more prosaic than piquant, yet not entirely off brand for a woman whose mind was a perpetual motion machine.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

It’s a lot for an actor to come down from, but in a grueling chamber piece that tends to wield a dramaturgical cudgel, Fraser attempts, and mostly achieves, a symphony of surprising grace notes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

But the current iteration of “Dear Mapel” could use more thematic and dramaturgical connective tissue — writerly touches that might pull the play’s discrete anecdotes together and turn them into a fully satisfying whole.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022

There would have been no more solid value in the often amusing plays of Sardou, if he had not delighted in the ingenuity of his dramaturgical devices.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Matthews, Brander