1460. So what do ingeniously thought-out and performed plays about marriage show the general public? Well, it is certainly not a universal reality from daily life; it is on the contrary imaginary notions, usually emerging from a blazing, erotic intoxication, inspired and maintained by their source's temporary happy connection with a sexual partner whom this source finds particularly satisfying. And what cannot be conjured up and created during such an intoxication? And how enchanting such a sexual life must be for the couple concerned! And is this not the rosy situation in which many a work of art is created, be it a poem, a fairytale, a film or a play? Such beings, intoxicated as they are by happiness, have to give vent to their feelings. Just as the birds in spring express their happiness to those around them by chirping, so do they need to sing the praises of their beloved. Indeed, are there not artists that simply cannot create if they are not intoxicated by love or enraptured by a being of the opposite sex?