Mata Hari

N.p. N.p., 1967. Revised script for the debut staging of the 1967 musical.

Loosely based on the life of undercover German spy and exotic dancer Mata Hari, about a French intelligence officer's quest to expose Hari's treachery, falling in love with her in the process.

The play received a pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre in Washington DC, but the Broadway production was canceled after the show was met with negative reviews. It was then staged off-Broadway in 1968, at the Theatre de Lys (then known as the Lucille Lortel Theater) under the new title "Ballad for a Firing Squad," only running for 15 performances. In 1996, the show was revived at the York Theatre, under the original title, but unfortunately met with a similar fate to its predecessors.

Orange titled Studio Duplicating Service wrappers. Title page present, dated September 1967, noted as Revised, with credits for playwrights Edward Thomas, Martin Charnin, and Jerome Coopersmith. 140 leaves, with last page of text numbered 2-8-42. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages Very Good plus, wrappers Very Good, unbound.

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