Marguerite-Louise Odiot de Montroty

Montroty

Montroty is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small village of farming and forestry situated in the Pays de Bray, some east of Rouen at the junction of the D1, D62 and the D916 roads...

, stage name Sophie Lothaire (born in 1732 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

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

La Monnaie

Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....

 in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

.

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

D'Hannetaire

Jean-Nicolas Servandoni, stage name D'Hannetaire, was a French actor and theatre director.-Life:He was born in Grenoble, the son of the Florentine painter Jean-Nicolas Servandoni and his wife Marie-Josèphe Gravier; he was probably the nephew of the famous Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, known for his...

 and his two daughters Eugénie

Eugénie D'Hannetaire

Marie-Louis-Philippine-Eugénie Servandoni , stage name Eugénie D'Hannetaire, was a French actress. She was the daughter of the actor-director D'Hannetaire and the actress Marguerite Huet . She made her debut at the Théâtre de la Monnaie aged 8, in child roles, then from 15 as a dancer...

 and Angélique

Angélique D'Hannetaire

Marie-Angélique Servandoni , stage name Angélique D'Hannetaire, was a French actress. She was the daughter of the actor and director D'Hannetaire and his wife, the actor Marguerite Hue...

, Mlle Rosalide, Compain

Louis Compain

Louis Compain , also known as Compain-Despierrières, was a French actor and singer. He is notable as the co-director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels from 1772 to 1776, where he had made his debut in 1757. He also acted at Marseille , Bordeaux , La Haye , Metz , Toulouse , Nîmes and Nantes ....

, Prévost, Le Petit, Dubois, Durancy, D'Rozely, Serville, Grégoire, Mme Granier, Mme De Foye (Suzette Defoye

Suzette Defoye

Suzette Defoye née Marie-Suzanne-Joséphe Artus Truyart , was a French ballet dancer, stage actor, opera singer and theatre director, active in France, Belgium and Russia.- Biography :...

) and Sophie Lothaire.

From 1777 to 1783, Sophie Lothaire shared the direction of the theatre with Louis-Jean Pin

Louis-Jean Pin

-Life:He headed the Montpellier company during the 1757-1758 season, then made his début at the Comédie-Française on 5 December 1765. Effectively combining the professions of actor and rich businessman, he spent some years at the Théâtre-Français before leaving it in December 1771...

 and Alexandre Bultos

Alexandre Bultos

Alexandre Bultos was a Belgian comic-actor and theatre director.-Life:The seventh child of Pierre-François Bultos and his wife Marie-Josèphe Lambert, wine merchants and hotelliers, Alexandre made his stage debut in December 1761 aged 12, in La Servante maîtresse by Pierre Baurans, after the work...

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

Versailles

Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...

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