Rolf Forsberg (July 12, 1925 – February 16, 2017) was an American playwright, film and theater director.

Biography

Forsberg is known for directing films such as '' The Late Great Planet Earth'' and '' Parable'', a film produced for the '' 1964 New York World's Fair''. ''Parable'' portrayed humanity as a traveling circus and

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as a circus clown. This marked a new depiction of Christ and inspired the musical '' Godspell''. ''Parable'' went on to be honored at

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, the Edinburgh Film Festival and

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. On June 8, 2013, the

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offered a retrospective of the works of Rolf Forsberg titled ''The Outre World of Rolf Forsberg''. He died in February 2017 at the age of 92.

Filmography

*Sacagawea – on PBS, (2003) *Tecumseh – History Channel (1997) *Seven Signs of Christ's Return (1997) *Where Jesus Walked – starring Barbara Harris (1995) *Touring Civil War Battlefields (1992) *Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – narrated by Pierce Brosnan (1990) * Beyond The Next Mountain – starring

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and Barry Foster (1987) * The Late Great Planet Earth – starring

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(1979) *

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(1976) *Peace Child (1974) *Nail (1974) *And There Was Morning (1973) *One Friday (1973) *King of the Hill (1972) *Ark (1970) * Stalked (film), Stalked – starring Jack Hawkins(1968) *Awareness (1968) * Antkeeper – narrated by Fred Gwynne (1966) * Parable (1964) *Light Time for PBS (1960)

Stage-ography

*A Tenth of an Inch Makes The Difference – Performer's Arena, Chicago (1984) *Revival – Pasadena Playhouse Studio (1973) *The Dybbuk Between Two Worlds –

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(1962) *A Tenth of an Inch makes the Difference – New York (1961) *The Tempest- off-Broadway (1959) *The Tempest – San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (1958) *Oedipus Rex –

(1960) *Round Dance – Playwrights, Chicago (1955) *Shakuntala – Playwrights, Chicago (1954) * The Trojan Women by

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(1956) *Rashomon – Chicago (1953) *Moods From Shakespeare, USA Tour (1944–1953)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forsberg, Rolf 1925 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American film directors American people of Swedish descent Writers from Chicago