Historically, drama has had a long and equivocal relationship with education, formal and informal.
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O’Toole, J. (2009). Strange Bedfellows: Drama and Education. In: Drama and Curriculum. Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9370-8_2
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