Voltaire however, who was in the audience in Versailles, wrote to his niece, "You didn't miss much except a large crowd and a very bad work. It is the height of indecency, boredom, and impertinence."
Voltaire, who was present at a performance in Versailles, expressed his dissatisfaction with the show to his niece, calling it "disgraceful, boring, and disrespectful."