Relating to the principles, methods, and techniques of constructing dramatic works and analyzing how they function theatrically.
From dramaturge + -ical suffix (more elaborate -ic), where -ical is used for adjectives requiring extra formality or precision, common in academic and technical language.
Shakespeare unconsciously used brilliant dramaturgical choices—he'd hide information from the audience on purpose, making us guess, worry, and feel surprise—but he had no word for it because 'dramaturgical' didn't exist until German theater scholars invented it centuries later.
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