Marivaux cancelled all the shows and did not publish, but he rewrote the play and reduced it to a single act composed of 18 scenes.
Behind the utopy, La Colonie foreshadows the feminist movements that will agitate Europe two centuries later, despite its politically and sexually conservative ending.
This ironic and rich comedy raises many modern issues, and made Marivaux into a forerunner of female liberation.
They decided to establish institutions and vote for two governors for the island : Lord Timagène for the noble party and Mr Sorbin for the people.
Timagène find a solution to overturn the coup d'état by pretending they are being attacked, and sending the women to war.