This is about the 1967 musical. For the later production, see Mata Hari (2016 musical.)
Mata Hari.
Mata Hari is a stage musical based on the life of the spy/exotic dancer Mata Hari.
Cast[]
- Marisa Mell - Mata Hari
- Pernell Roberts - Captain Henry LaFarge
- Martha Schlamme - Paulette LaFarge
- Mark Dempsey - Lieutenant Boulet
- Joseph Corby - Lieutenant DeVries
- Jake Holmes - Young Soldier
- Nadine Lewis - Claudine
- Paul Glazer - Mr. Dupre
- Helen G. Ross - Mrs. Dupre
- Seymour Penzer - Philipe
- Blythe Danner - Michele
- Dominic Chianese - Maurice
- Ryan Harrison - Pierre
Plot[]
The musical is centered on her affair with a French intelligence officer who plays a major role in her arrest and execution and later regrets it. A parallel sequence of events follows a young French soldier who fights in the trenches, illustrating what war is really about.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Is This Fact?" - LaFarge, Devries, Boulet and Officers
- "Mata Hari's Dance at the Salon" - Mata Hari & Dancing Girls
- "Everyone Has Something to Hide" - Mata Hari & Ensemble
- "How Young You Were Tonight" - LaFarge and Paulette
- "I'm Saving Myself for a Soldier" - Vaudevillians and Ensemble
- "I'm Saving Myself for a Soldier" (reprise) - Vaudevillians and Ensemble
- "Maman" - Young Soldier
- "The Choice is Yours" - Mata Hari & LaFarge
The Choice is Yours .... Paulette, LaFarge, Claudine, Mr. Dupre, Mrs. Dupre, Philipe, Michele, Maurice & Pierre
- "Not Now, Not Here" - Mata Hari
- "Is This Fact?" (reprise) - LaFarge
- Act II
- "Hello, Yank" - Young Soldier & French and American Soldiers
- "In Madrid" - Ensemble
*"I Don't See Him Very Much Anymore" -Paulette
- "You Have No Idea" - Mata Hari, LaFarge, Boulet and Officers
- "The Arrest" - Ensemble
- "Sextet" (reprise) - Paulette, Relatives and People on the Street
- "There Is No You" - LaFarge
- "There Will Be Love Again" - Mata Hari