 Subtitled "A Heavenly Tragedy in Five Acts," it is set in 1495, the first historically documented outbreak of syphilis.In scenes alternating between heaven, hell and the Vatican, "Das Liebeskonzil" portrays the dreaded venereal disease as God's vengeance on his sexually hyperactive human creatures, especially those surrounding Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia).The play was produced as "Le Concil D'Amour" in Paris in 1969 by The Théâtre de Paris.