Le Petit-Maître corrigé is a three-act romantic comedy by French playwright Marivaux.
It was first performed on November 6, 1734, by the Comédie-Française in Paris, then located rue des Fossés-Saint-Germain-des-Près.
The first representation was catastrophic, seemingly because Marivaux had enemies like Voltaire and Crebillon, and also because the play has a very violent subtext against the 18th century aristocracy.
As he is only obeying his parents who arranged the marriage, he is not really interested in knowing anything about Hortense, his future bride.
People say that she has beautiful eyes and has a lot of wits, but Rosimond considers that she must be happy to marry a man like him, desired by all ladies in Paris and belonging to the Royal Court.