Desfaucherets authored several plays presented in different Parisian theaters including l’Avare cru bienfaisant, a comedy in five acts and verse, given in the Théâtre-Français December 15, 1784.Le Mariage secret, comedy in three acts and verse, was presented at the château de Fontainebleau, Friday 4 November 1783, and for the first time in Paris by ordinary comedians of the king, Friday, March 10, 1786.
Le Mariage secret having first been refused, the Count of Provence heard that and wrote the same day to the gentleman responsible for the management of the Théâtre Français that he wanted the play be received: it was then, "on order", making the studied and successfully performed.
In 1791 he was elected a member of the board of the Seine, and expelled from the position under the Reign of Terror for his moderate views, he was imprisoned for a time as a suspect.
He reappeared in public life in 1800 only, when Nicolas Frochot, the prefect of the Seine, appointed him head of the office of the civil hospitals of Paris.
In March 1798, he presented les Dangers de la présomption, comedy in five acts and in verse ; in 1799, l’Astronome, comedy in two acts and in prose, mingled with ariettes, music by Lebrun, and la Punition, one-act opera, music by Cherubini ; in 1800, Arioste gouverneur, ou le Triomphe du génie, in collaboration with Jean-François Roger, and presented at the théâtre du Vaudeville.