The English Association is delighted to share with you the Illuminated Text, a free resource created by Dr Rob Myles.
The Illuminated Text is a free resource from The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, conceived and created by Dr. Rob Myles, which breaks down Hamlet's "look here upon this picture" speech across four dimensions - Rhythm, Rhetoric, Sound & Imagery, interpreting the text visually through calligraphic street art, animation and sound design, before opening up a fifth dimension to empower students to explore text visually in their own unique way.
Dr. Rob Myles is a multi-award-winning director, actor and teaching artist. Creator of Original Parallels, The Shakespeare Deck, Illuminated Text, The Show Must Go Online, and the Owning Shakespeare Podcast. In 2020, he directed all 36 First Folio plays of Shakespeare, winning a OneOff Award from OffWestEnd, and being nominated for The Stage Digital Project of The Year. Rob has since won the British Shakespeare Association Innovation Award and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Interactive Production, with The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada. Previously, Rob has played over 30 Shakespearean roles in off-west-end and regional touring productions. His book, Innovation & Digital Theatremaking (Routledge), explores how his work in business innovation provides novel problem solving for theatremakers of the future. Rob is a Certified Teacher with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat, the resident stage combat instructor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and a fight director for theatre and film.
