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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