Voltaire writes that von Marschall had missed the comedy these past few days. He implores von Marschall to come after the queen mother’s [Königin Sophie Dorothea’s] supper and assures him that he will let him into the play as he needs viewers like him. The letter has been misdated to 1751/2. The recipient, Baron Samuel von Marschall, died in Berlin on 11 December 1749 so the letter must have been sent prior to this date.