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Evelyn Glennie's moving story is one of the thoughtful Globalstage productions, which offer entertaining and educational video theatrical productions from around the world. Playing from the Heart is the story of Glennie, a renowned percussionist who beat incredible odds. Despite deafness, which began at age 8 and overcame her by 12, she became the world's first full-time solo percussionist. Glennie's repertoire includes more than 2,000 works, and she has more than 700 instruments. This production, filmed by the BBC and performed by the Polka Children's Theatre of Wimbledon, surprisingly entertains even very young viewers, as it almost immediately incorporates the sounds of percussion and then music into the lively, uplifting story. Glennie's Scottish childhood, the discovery and concealment of her mounting deafness, and her perseverance in her pursuit of music combine for nothing short of a triumphant tale. Performances are top-notch: four actors surrounding the actress who plays Glennie (Louise Bolton) take on many roles: parents, brothers, professors, and more. Like its sister Globalstage productions, Playing from the Heart is framed by a casual chat with the charming and informed Professor Elizabeth McNamer and the young, inquisitive, if wooden Preston (Preston Blakely). McNamer and Preston interview the real Glennie, who is as winning as the play portrays her. The emphasis here is definitely on the educational, but it's done in such an entertaining way, a young audience might not even realize they're learning something. --N.F. Mendoza

ACTORS:	Playing From the Heart
CATEGORY:	Video
THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE:	1998
MANUFACTURER:	Globalstage
MPAA RATING:	NR (Not Rated)
FEATURES:	Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC
TYPE:	Children's Video
MEDIA:	VHS Tape
# OF MEDIA:	1
UPC:	652857985032