Signed Mata Hari

In the Cold October of 1917 Margaretha Zelle, Alias Mata Hari, the Infamous Exotic Dancer, Sits in a Prison Cell in Paris Awaiting Trial on Charges of Espionage; the Penalty, Death by Firing Squad. As She Waits, Mata Hari Tells Stories - Much Like Scheherazade - to Buy Back Her Life From Her Interrogators. From a Bleak Childhood on the Shores of the North Sea, Through a Loveless Marriage to a Dutch Naval Officer, Margaretha is Transported to the Sensual Pleasures of the South Seas. She Spins Tales of Native Lovers and Fragrant Javanese Jungles; She Tells of the Ugly Disintegration of Her Family. Then, in Flight From Her Brutal Husband, Margaretha Reinvents Herself She Becomes the Temple Dancer Mata Hari - Dressed in Veils, Admired by Diaghilev, Performing for the Crowned Heads of Europe. Tender, Subtle and Intensely Erotic, Murphy's Retelling of an Iconic Story is a Haunting Portrait of Love and Treachery.