 Thus, for nearly twenty years the theatre, especially the Comédie Italienne, was Marivaux's chief support.His plays were well received by the actors of the Comédie Française, but were rarely successful there.Marivaux wrote between 30 and 40 plays, the best of which are "La Surprise de l'amour" (1722), the "Triomphe de Plutus" (1728), "Jeu de l'amour et du hasard" (1730) (The Game of Love and Chance), "Les Fausses confidences" (1737), all produced at the Italian theatre, and "Le Legs" (1736), produced at the French.