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The scene is Madrid; the time 1699, during the reign of Charles II. Ruy Blas, an indentured commoner (and a poet), dares to love the Queen. The play is a thinly veiled cry for political reform. The story centers around a practical joke played on the Queen, Maria de Neubourg, by Don Salluste de Bazan, in revenge for being scorned by her.
May 30, 2024 · A: Victor Hugo Pf: 1838, Paris Pb: 1838 Tr: 1860 G: Trag. in 5 acts; French alexandrines S: Madrid, 1690s C: 13m, 4f, extras. Ruy Blas is the most accomplished of Hugo's plays, offering linguistic richness and variety of incident, from Don César's farcical return down a chimney to the violent acts of the last scene.
The scene is Madrid; the time 1699, during the reign of Charles II. Ruy Blas, an indentured commoner (and a poet), dares to love the Queen. The play is a thinly veiled cry for political reform. The story centers around a practical joke played on the Queen, Maria de Neubourg, by Don Salluste de Bazan, in revenge for being scorned by her.
DON CESAR AND RUY BLAS ON July 5, 1838, Victor Hugo began to write Ruy Bias. Having virtu-ally completed two scenes of the first act,1 he became dissatisfied, and made a fresh start on July 8. A comparison of the two versions reveals a transformation of the char-acter of Don Cesar, alias Zafari. The original Don Cesar had been an
Victor Hugo’s five act verse play Ruy Blas was first performed on 8 November 1838 at the opening of the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. In brief, a Spanish grandee, Don Sallust, exiled by...
Nov 17, 2023 · Jacques Weber's staging of Ruy Blas navigates the right choices: the casting, the blend of eras, and the text that speaks for itself. Spending two hours immersed in traditional French theatre is also the audience's choice—a choice made for the sake of art.
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Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo. The scene is Madrid; the time 1699, during the reign of Charles II. Ruy Blas, an indentured commoner (and a poet), dares to love the Queen. The play is a thinly veiled cry for political reform.
