Ruy Blas is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. This article is about a theatre in Paris Theatre de la Renaissance is a theatre in New Orleans Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play initially met with only average success.
The action takes place in 17th century Spain during the reign of Charles II. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar Charles II ( November 6 1661, Madrid – November 1 1700, Madrid was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the Ruy Blas, an indentured commoner (and a poet), dares to love the Queen. Maria Anna of Neuburg (Mariana de Neoburgo Maria Anna von der Pfalz-Neuburg ( 28 October, 1667 &ndash 16 July, 1740) was Queen consort The play is a thinly-veiled cry for political reform.
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Synopsis
The story centers around a practical joke played on the queen by Don Sallustio for revenge. Knowing that one of his slaves, Ruy Blas, has secretly fallen in love with the queen, the Don disguises Blas as a nobleman and takes him to court. Intelligent and generous, Blas becomes popular, is appointed prime minister (and begins useful reforms) and conquers the queen's heart. This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Don Sallustio returns to take his revenge; he discloses the masquerade by cruelly humiliating Blas - he commands Blas to close the window and pick up his handkerchief, while trying to explain the condition of Spanish politics. Blas kills him and decides to commit suicide with poison. Blas, on the point of death, is forgiven by the queen who openly declares her love for him. [1]
Adaptations
- Felix Mendelssohn, after reading (and hating) the play, was commissioned to write a Concert Overture based on it, his Opus 95. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer [2]
- Irish actor and dramatist Edmund Falconer translated Ruy Blas in 1858. Edmund Falconer (1814 - 1879 - also known as Edmund O'Rourke - was an Irish -born 19th century Poet, Actor, Theatre manager, It was performed at the Princess Theatre, London, in late 1858. The Princess's Theatre or Princess Theatre was a theatre in Oxford Street, London.
- W. S. Gilbert wrote a burlesque of the play, by the same name, in Warne's Christmas Annual for 1866. Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 &ndash 29 May 1911 was an English Dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen Burlesque is a genre of entertainment also known as Travesty. [3]
- An opera, again of the same name, by Filippo Marchetti with a libretto by Carlo d'Ormeville was produced in 1869 [4]
- A musical comedy, Ruy Blas and the Blase Roue by A. C. Torr and Herbert F. Filippo Marchetti ( 26 February, 1831 &ndash 18 January, 1902) was an Italian Opera Composer. Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué is a burlesque written by A C Torr and Herbert F Frederick George Hobson, known as Fred Leslie (1 April 1855 &ndash 7 December 1892 was an English Actor, singer comedian and dramatist Clark with music by Meyer Lutz premiered in 1889. Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (19 May 1829 – 31 January 1903 was a German-born English composer and conductor who is best known for light music Musical theatre and burlesques
- A 1947 movie, again called Ruy Blas, directed by Pierre Billon, adapted by de Jean Cocteau, and starring Jean Marais, Danielle Darrieux and Marcel Herrand
- Another movie from 1971 La folie des grandeurs directed by Gérard Oury, adapted by Danièle Thomson, and starring Alice Sapritch, Louis de Funès and Yves Montand is also based on it
- It also formed the basis for a 2002 telefilm by Jacques Weber, again called Ruy Blas. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Gérard Oury ( 29 April 1919, Paris – 20 July 2006, Saint-Tropez) was a French actor writer and producer Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnɛs ( July 31 1914 &ndash January 27 1983) was a French Actor who Yves Montand (iv mɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ in French ( 13 October 1921 &ndash 9 November 1991) was an Italian -born French
Dramatis Personae
- Ruy Blas
- Don Salluste de Bazan, marquis de Finlas
- Don César de Bazan, comte de Garofa
- Don Guritan
- Le Comte de Camporeal
- Le Marquis de Santa-Cruz
- Le marquis del Basto
- Le comte d'Albe
- Le marquis de Priego
- Don Manuel Arias
- Montazgo
- Don Antonio Ubilla
- Covadenga
- Gudiel
- Dona Maria de Neubourg, Queen of Spain
- la Duchesse d'Albuquerque
- Casilda
- Un laquais, un alcade, alguazils, pages, dames, seigneurs, privy councillors, duègnes, guards, huissiers de chambre et de cour
References
- Information about the background of the play
- Lancaster, H. A privy council is a body that advises the Head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically but not always in the context of a Carrington. "The Genesis of 'Ruy Blas'" in Modern Philology, Vol. 14, No. 11 (March 1917), pp. 641-46
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