Ruy Blas: Drame

by Victor Hugo

"Ruy Blas: Drame" by Victor Hugo is a five-act verse drama written in 1838. Set in late seventeenth-century Spain, it tells the story of Ruy Blas, a valet who secretly loves the Queen. His master, a disgraced nobleman seeking revenge against the Queen, forces Ruy Blas to pose as a nobleman and win her heart. As Ruy Blas rises to become Prime Minister and earns the Queen's love, he remains trapped by his true identity and his master's sinister plot.