A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Trother, (Catherine)
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TROTHER (CATHERINE), descended of Scotch Parents, but born in England.
She wrote five plays, wherein the passions are well described, and the diction is just and familiar. They are Agnes de Castro, Fatal Friendship, The Unhappy Penitent, The Revolution of Sweden, tragedies; and Love at a Loss, a comedy.
Mrs. Trother was inclined to philosophical studies, and wrote a small piece in defence of Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding. Some time after writing her last play, she was, by the late bishop of Salisbury, converted from the Romish persuasion, and by his lordship's recommendation married to a clergyman.
Female Worthies.