Drama as an artist does not simply please rather it performs the function of inciting, influencing and instructing.
This means that drama as an artist informs and transcends mere performance by generating impacts that trigger change.
Various Scholars have put forward several debates on the function of drama but for the purpose of drama and social change I would look at a selected few.
BERTOLD BRECHT
A German dramatist has heavily influenced contemporary drama. He believed in the notion that theatre should be for instruction thus he concerned himself with unusual problems of morality and humanistic virtuure .... To be continued