After his imprisonment, he and Madeleine began a theatrical circuit of the provinces with a new theatre troupe; this life was to last about twelve years, during which he initially played in the company of Charles Dufresne, and subsequently created a company of his own, which had sufficient success and obtained the patronage of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans.
Nakon zatvaranja, on i Madeleine započeli su kazališnu turneju po provinciji sa novom kazališnom skupinom; to je trajalo oko 12 godina, tijekom kojih je u početku nastupao u trupi Charles Dufresne, a kasnije je osnovao i svoju skupinu, koja je bila dovoljno uspješna i zadobila sponzorstvo Filipa I., vojvode od Orléansa.