Marguerite-Louise Odiot de Montroty, stage name Sophie Lothaire (born 1732 in

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) was a French dancer, actress and director who spent her whole career at the

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Life

She began as a figurative dancer, from 1753 to 1772, under the name of Mlle Sophie, before becoming an actress until 1775. In 1762, Chevrier wrote that "she plays all sorts of roles indifferent well - she shares, by economy, the reading of sieur Duranci". In 1766, the comic-actors clubbed together to head the Théâtre de Bruxelles. This association was made up of

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and his two daughters Eugénie and Angélique, Mlle Rosalide, Compain, Prévost, Le Petit, Dubois, Durancy, D'Rozely, Serville, Grégoire, Mme Granier, Suzette DefoyeMme De Foye
/ref> and Sophie Lothaire. From 1777 to 1783, Sophie Lothaire shared the direction of the theatre with Louis-Jean Pin and

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. When this arrangement hit financial difficulties, she returned to France, to

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, where she tried to recoup the sums still owed to her.

References

* Isnardon. Jacques
Le théâtre de la Monnaie : depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours"
(1890) 1732 births 18th-century French dancers 18th-century French actresses Actresses from Paris Directors of La Monnaie Entertainers from the Austrian Netherlands Year of death missing French female dancers 18th-century theatre managers Women from the Austrian Netherlands {{France-stage-actor-stub