 Although he befriended important figures such as the foreign minister Grimaldi, his attempts to secure the contracts for Duverney eventually came to nothing and he went home in March 1765.Although Beaumarchais returned to France with little profit, he had managed to acquire new experience, musical ideas, and ideas for theatrical characters.Beaumarchais considered turning the affair into a play, but decided to leave it to others—including Goethe, who wrote "Clavigo" in 1774.