Bar Mitzvah
Boy was a British television play, written by Jack Rosenthal and originally
transmitted in the Play for Today anthology Series on the BBC. Broadcast on the
14th September 1976, the 75-minute production was directed by Michael Tuchner
and produced by Graeme McDonald.
Starring Jeremy Steyn, Kim Clifford, Mark Herman, Adrienne Posta, Maria Charles
and Bernard Spier, the play tells the story of a young Jewish boy, Elliot Green
(Steyn), in a lower middle class family living in Britain in the 1970s, and the
apprehensions the boy feels over his forthcoming Bar Mitzvah. Meanwhile, the
family prepares for the celebration, preoccupied with their own preparations for
the b'nai mitzvah.
Recorded from VHS, compared to a retail DVD, the quality is around 6/10
(Completely Watchable!)
