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246 MODERN DRAMA December ing with him and dominating his third period was the chaotic nature of the modem world and his own helplessness in changing it. This feeling of helplessness is also found in the work of Diirrenmatt's compatriot, Max Frisch, for example, in such dramas as The Chinese Wall and The Firebugs, where Frisch shows the inability of man to learn from his mistakes and of the intellectual to change life. ROBERT HOLZAPFEL NOTE The Parisian novelist Roger Ikor will make his debut as a playwright , April 20-30, 1966, when the Stephens College Playhouse presents his Ulysse au port. Professor Ikor, whose Fils d'Avrrom won the Prix Goncourt and Albert Schweitzer Prize in 1955, was a protege of the late Roger Martin du Gard, who arranged a concert reading by the acting students of the Theatre du Vieux Colombier during his association there. However, the play has never been staged. Professor Ikor plans to attend the run of his play. The forthcoming production will use a translation by Marilyn Gaddis Rose of the Stephens Literature Department. Modern Drama readers who would like further information about either the play or Professor Ikor's visit should write to Mrs. Rose. ...