Forster stayed with Roerick at The Lost Farm. Forster was quite happy there and dedicated his last book, Two Cheers for Democracy to "William Roerick and 'The Lost Farm' in Tyringham, Massachusetts". Roerick later wrote a memoir essay of this time, Forster in America, and (with Thomas Coley) the play Passage to E. M. Forster, which remains unpublished but has been occasionally presented. Personal life Roerick, who was gay, lived both in New York City and at The Lost Farm with his partner and longtime collaborator, fellow actor and writer Thomas Coley. In addition to their two plays, they wrote television scripts together. Death Roerick died on November 30, 1995 in an automobile accident, either in Tyringham or the adjacent town of Monterey, Massachusetts. Appearances Theatre Broadway Romeo and Juliet (1935-1936) with Katharine Cornell Saint Joan (1936) Hamlet (1936) with John Gielgud, Lillian Gish and Judith Anderson Our Town (1938), original production The Importance of Being Ernest The Land Is Bright (1941-1942) Autumn Hill (1942)The Flowers of Virtue (1942)This Is The Army (1942)The Magnificent Yankee (1946)The Great Campaign (1947)The Heiress (1947-1948)Tonight at 8.30 (1948)MedeaMacbethThe Burning Glass (1954)The Right Honorable Gentleman (1965-1966)Marat/Sade (1967)The Homecoming (1967)We Bombed in New Haven (1968)Elizabeth the QueenWaltz of the Toreadors (1973)Night of the Iguana (1976-1977)The Merchant (1977)Happy New Year (1980) Off-BroadwayMadam, Will You Walk? (1953-1954)The Cherry OrchardCome Slowly EdenPassage to E. M. ForsterTrials of OzClose of PlayTouring and out-of-townOur Town (1939)This Is The Army, international touring company (1940s)Sabrina Fair (1954)Dear Charles, touring company with Tallulah Bankhead (1955)Glad Tidings, touring company with Tallulah Bankhead (1960s)Medea, touring company (1960s)Macbeth, touring company (1960s)Marat/Sade, touring company (1960s)The Time of the Cuckoo (1966)A Cry Of Players (1968), Berkshire Theatre FestivalJanus, opened in Denver, toured; with Myrna Loy (1969) FilmThis Is the Army (1943) - Mr. Green (uncredited)The Harder They Fall (1956) - Mrs. Harding's Lawyer (uncredited)Not of This Earth (1957) - Dr. F.W. RochelleThe Wasp Woman (1959) - Arthur CooperA Lovely Way to Die (1968) - Loren WestabrookThe Sporting Club (1971) - FortesqueThe Love Machine (1971) - Cliff DorneA Separate Peace (1972) -Mr. Patchwithers, HeadmasterThe Day of the Dolphin (1973) - Dunhill - Foundation92 in the Shade (1975) - RudleighThe Other Side of the Mountain (1975) - Dr. PittmanGod Told Me To (1976) - RichardsThe Betsy (1978) - Secretary of Commerce TelevisionA Time of Innocence (Suspense) (1952)The General's Bible (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (1953)To My Valentine (Hallmark Hall of Fame) (1953)Star