Two personages, Citizens Barreau and Desbarreaux, play an active part then.
Up to 1792, the first was a shoemaker, and owed his political fortune simply to his audacity and revolutionary frenzy.

The second, Desbarreaux, was a comedian of Toulouse, his principal role being that of valets.

In the month of Prairial, year III, he was compelled to go down on his knees on the stage and ask pardon for having made incendiary speeches at some previous period in the decadal temple.

The public, not deeming his apology sufficient, drove him out of the theater.

He now combines with his function of departmental administrator the post of cashier for the actors, which thus brings him in 1200 francs...