Dramaturgy

[Sarah]

The art of dramatic composition and representation.

[Sarah]

A prentetious, over-used theatre word used by pretentious theatre people when they are trying to sound intellegent. This word has no particular or useful meaning, and is most commonly used to stump theatre students and make them question their knowledge of theatre terms. dramaturgical (adj) dramaturg (n)

[Dorothey Allen]

the art or the theory of writing and putting on plays, especially for the theatre:

[Gregory]

The theory and practice of dramatic composition.