- Sophie Lothaire
Marguerite-Louise Odiot de
Montroty , stage name Sophie Lothaire (born in 1732 inParis ) was a French dancer, actress and director. She spent her whole career at the Théâtre de la Monnaie inBrussels .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
D'Hannetaire and his two daughters Eugénie and Angélique, Mlle Rosalide, Compain, Prévost, Le Petit, Dubois,Durancy , D'Rozely, Serville, Grégoire, Mme Granier, [http://www.siefar.org/DictionnaireSIEFAR/SFDefoye.html Mme De Foye] and Sophie Lothaire.From 1777 to 1783, Sophie Lothaire shared the direction of the theatre with
Louis-Jean Pin andAlexandre Bultos . When this arrangement hit financial difficulties, she returned to France, toVersailles , where she trier to recoup the sums still owed to her.Succession box
title=director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie
before=Ignaz Vitzthumb
after=Alexandre andHerman Bultos
years=1777-1783
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