 He would remain there until 1 September 1839 when he was appointed conductor at Théâtre des Variétés, boulevard Montmartre.In this venue were given comédies en vaudeville and bals 
which attracted a Parisian audience hungry for entertainment.The Théâtre des Variétés took a real boom under the direction of Nestor Roqueplan who presented plays by Lockroy ("Le Chevalier du Guet", 1840, "On demande des professeurs", 1845, "Les Trois coups de pieds", 1851), Alexandre Dumas ("Halifax", 1842), Théophile Gautier ("Le Tricorne enchanté", 1845), Eugène Labiche ("Oscar XXVIII", 1848, "Madame veuve Larifla", 1849, "Un Monsieur qui prend mouche", 1852), Alfred de Musset ("L’Habit vert", 1849), George Sand ("La Petite Fadette", 1849) and operettas by Jacques Offenbach ("La Femme à trois maris", 1853, "Pépito", 1853).