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CHRONOLOGY: 1960s
1960
 Storm Weather (August Strindberg), TV production. (January)
Films Through a Glass Darkly. (July-September)
First Warning (August Strindberg), radio production. (August)
The Devil's Eye opens. (October)
1961
The Seagull (Anton P. Chekhov), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (January)
Playing with Fire (August Strindberg), radio production. (January)
Carl Anders Dymling dies; Bergman appointed Artistic Advisor at Svensk Filmindustri.
Writes screenplay for The Pleasure Garden (directed by Alf Kjellin), with Erland Josephson, under joint pseudonym, "Buntel Eriksson."
The Virgin Spring wins Academy Award as "Best Foreign Film." (April)
The Rake's Progress (Igor Stravinsky), Stockholm Opera. (April)
Through a Glass Darkly opens. (October)
Films Winter Light. (October-January 1962)
1962
Through a Glass Darkly wins Academy Award as "Best Foreign Film." (April)
Films The Silence. (July-September)
Son, Daniel Sebastian, born. (September)
1963
Appointed head of Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (January)
Winter Light opens. (February)
A Dream Play (August Strindberg), TV production. (May)
Films All These Women. (May-July)
Takes up his duties at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. (July)
The Silence opens. (September)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (October)
The Legend (Hjalmar Bergman), Lilla scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (December)
1964
Three Knives From Wei (Harry Martinsson), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (June)
All These Women opens. (June)
Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (October)
1965
Bergman ill with viral infection during early months of year (cancels plans to stage The Magic Flute in Hamburg).
Don Juan (Jean-Baptiste Molière), Royal Dramatic Theatre, China, a school production. (February)
Films Persona. (July-September)
Relationship with Liv Ullmann begins.
Wins Erasmus Prize (ex-aequo with Charles Chaplin).
Tiny Alice (Edward Albee), Lilla scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (December)
1966
The Investigation (Peter Weiss), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (February)
Bergman's mother dies. (March)
United Artists pays $1 million for rights to Persona and Bergman's next film.
Daughter, Linn, born by Liv Ullmann. (March)
Films Hour of the Wolf. (May-September)
Persona opens. (October)
The School for Wives (Jean-Baptiste Molière), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (November)
Resigns as head of the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
Builds house on island of Fårö (completed 1967).
1967
Episode, "Daniel," in portmanteau film Stimulantia opens. (March)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello), National Theatre, Oslo. (April)
Films Shame. (September-November)
Persona AG (Swiss company) established.
1968
Hour of the Wolf opens. (February)
Cinematograph AB (Swedish production company) established.
Films The Rite (for TV). (May-June)
Shame opens. (September)
Films The Passion of Anna. (September-October)
1969
The Rite (own script), TV production. (March)
Woyzeck (Georg Büchner), Stora scenen, Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm. (March)
Films The Fårö Document (for TV). (March-May)
Writes TV script, The Lie (aired the following year in various countries, under different directors).
The Passion of Anna opens. (November)
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