Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective commonly used in microsociological accounts of social interaction in everyday life,  later acknowledge as an influence, had earlier presented his notions of dramatism in 1945, which in turn derives from Shakespeare, what's the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's, "As You Like It", spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII?
Dramaturgy (sociology):  Kenneth Burke, whom Goffman would later acknowledge as an influence, had earlier presented his notions of dramatism in 1945, which in turn derives from Shakespeare. All the world's a stage: "All the world's a stage" is the phrase that begins a monologue from William Shakespeare's "As You Like It", spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII.
All the world's a stage