# Dramaturgy **Entity class:** Social-theoretical framework **Domain:** Sociology / performance / intelligence tradecraft ## Definition **Dramaturgy** analyzes social interaction through performance: people present roles in front regions while teams and supporting apparatus operate in back regions. In intelligence, the analogy becomes operationally exact at specific points—cover is a maintained presentation, a legend specifies the role, backstopping sustains the surrounding record, and a support team preserves separation between the visible identity and the apparatus behind it. ## Relationships - **major theorist:** [[wiki/Erving Goffman|Erving Goffman]]. - **foundational works:** [[wiki/The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life|The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life]] and [[wiki/Strategic Interaction|Strategic Interaction]]. - **tradecraft bridge:** [[wiki/Producer Function|Producer Function]], [[wiki/Legend (Intelligence)|Legend]], and [[wiki/Expression Games|Expression Games]]. - **performance pedagogy:** [[wiki/Given Circumstances|Given Circumstances]], [[wiki/Meisner Technique|Meisner Technique]], and [[wiki/Character Bible|Character Bible]]. - **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]].