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Mademoiselle Montansier
Marguerite Brunet, known by her stage name of Mademoiselle Montansier (19 December 1730, in Bayonne – 13 July 1820, in Paris), was a French actress and theatre director.
Background.
At 14 she fled from the Ursuline convent in Bordeaux, she was there engaged by an acting troupe and — in love with a handsome young actor — embarked for America. She then became the mistress of Burson, Intendant of Martinique, establishing her own dress shop in Saint-Domingue. On her return
"So perfect is this deception, that it has given rise to considerable wagers whether the voices did not actually proceed from persons on the stage." The theatre was later taken over by a director named Delomel, but by 1789 attendance had declined, and he was in serious financial difficulties.
Théâtre Montansier.
In October 1789 a revolutionary mob forcibly evicted the royal family from the Palace of Versailles and compelled them to move to Paris. Mademoiselle Montansier, who had been the manager of the theatre at Versailles, as