A dramaturge or dramaturg is a professional position within a theatre or opera company that deals mainly with research and development of plays or operas. Its modern-day function was originated by the innovations of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, an 18th-century German playwright, philosopher, and theorist about theatre. One of the dramaturg`s contrib.... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturge
(from the article `theatre`) ...scholars and professionals in the English-language theatre lived almost completely segregated from one another. The tradition is rather different ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/73