The First Seven Years

Overview

In the late 1940s in New York's Jewish community, cobbler Feld and his wife try to convince their daughter Miriam to go to college. She is reticent, thinking she can get all the education she needs from the classic novels recommended by Feld's assistant, Sobel. Feld tries to fix Miriam up with neighborhood college boy Max. Sobel is angered and storms out -- does he have feelings for Miriam despite the fact he has worked for Feld for five years without revealing them?

Cast

Israel Horovitz

Feld

Ned Eisenberg

Sobel

Annette Arnold

Miriam

Carol Kane

Mrs. Feld

Daniel London

Max

Fred Small

Newspaper Vendor

Mina Bern

Landlady

David Deblinger

Mendel

Stewart Steinberg

Customer

Gypsy Impalla

Card Player