It's a free A Level article taken from our Stylised Drama Pack and it would be perfect to use as a reading homework when your students are studying Treadwell's Machinal. The article focuses upon Expressionism and looks at how experimental and modern drama often bears some resemblance or draws some influence from the famous expressionist artists. It will teach students about Expressionism's huge legacy within theatre, especially upon experimental and stylised writers such as Sophie Treadwell. It covers the main expressionist conventions (as seen in Machinal) such as illogical language, fragmented structures, character representations rather than believable beings, abstract set, designs, dream-like spaces and atmospheres and symbols or visuals. This article looks at the movement’s legacy and the lasting techniques that can still be seen in stylised theatre today, also drawing upon the work of Buchner, Strindberg, Brook, Meyerhold and Brecht. Perfect to compliment your teaching of Machinal.