At Globalstage we respect your family's intelligence. We've created entertainment that your family can enjoy together videos that will excite you, challenge your intellect, inspire discussion and enrich your life. We travel the world ferreting out the best family theatre currently running classics as well as innovative premieres that tackle intriguing themes and issues. Kids love our videos. There are duels, monsters, romances, and exotic adventures. Theres nothing like the joy youll experience when your child insists on discussing the French Revolution and how it affected the Romantic movement in literature sure beats them nagging you to buy them the latest action figure. Each play is hosted by Professor Elizabeth McNamer. She'll take you around the cities where we film, and behind the scenes of each play. You'll meet the performers, playwrights, composers and directors while exploring the plays themes and histories. The plays are filmed by the BBC and edited to give you live performances that look like movies yet preserve the art inherent to live theatre. Subscribe now and receive a new Globalstage video every three months, Or try them one at a time. But you need to call us toll-free, visit our website, or mail us the attached order form to get the finest family entertainment available on video. Be adventuresome! Call now, and well change the way you view family entertainment.     Theatre makes children better thinkers. 10-year old children are just beginning to connect motives and actions to human behavior. Theatre is one of the best ways to develop a child's ability to reason and connect ideas. From a study by Jeanne Klein, Children's Processing of Theatre as a Function of Verbal and Visual Recall More than 60% of the children who were exposed to theatre were able to respond to basic comprehension questions with more thorough and mature responses than those without theatre exposure. From a study by Johnny Saldano, A Quantitative Analysis of Children's Response to Theatre from Probing Questions. Theatre makes children better students. Standardized tests prove that, following routine theatre exposure, children's reading scores can improve up to 70%; writing scores, 40%; and math scores can show more than 200% improvement. Results of Dallas Children's Theatre program Curtains up on Reading. More than 60% of the children who were exposed to theatre were able to respond to basic compprehension questions with more thorough and mature responses than those without theatre exposure. From a study by Johnny Saldana, A Quantitative Analysis of Children's Response to Theatre from Probing Questions Theatre makes children better people. Exposure to the theatre has many benefits for children such as increased awareness of social and cultural values and increased knowledge of history and human events. National Endowment for the Arts Theatre teaches children about cultural diversity and tolerance which cannot be presented as effectively in any other artistic medium. Saul Goldman, The Simon Wiesenthal Center