Movies - Comédie-Française's "Ruy Blas"

Having fallen out of favor with the Queen of Spain, Don Salluste seeks revenge. To this end, he forces his valet, Ruy Blas, to pose as a nobleman in order to get close to the young queen. Secretly in love with her, Ruy Blas agrees. Now a man of power, he puts his intelligence to work for the state and seeks to put an end to corruption. But Salluste’s Machiavellian plan is closing in… — This seminal work of the repertoire, first performed in 1879 at the Comédie-Française, has not been staged there for twenty-five years. It is directed by Julie Duclos, who aims to capture every facet of this Romantic masterpiece: moving from drama to comedy, from the concrete to the lyrical, without ever losing sight of the fact that a man’s life is at stake. Starring: The Comédie-Française troupe Country: France