Operetta

The theme of the play is the contrast between social classes. The aristocracy or a "ruling group" are the poor people, "lackeys" and "rascals". The wrapping of the nobility in their sumptuous costumes is questioned by protagonist Albertinchen, who demands an immediate, undisguised truth with her "cry for nudity" : "Albertinchen, a young girl, opposes the desire for nudity - initially verbally - to the disgracefulness of her environment, she irritates a world that can no longer imagine existence without 'fashion', without veiled costumes.