Ruy Blas

Ruy Blas is a play presented at Théâtre du Nord-Ouest in Paris from 11 September to 23 October 2026. It is presented by La Companie de l'Elan, with tickets from EUR 25.30. The story follows a man of the people who is deeply in love with the Queen and becomes, without knowing it, an accomplice in a scheme against the woman he loves. The action is set at the end of the seventeenth century in the kingdom of Spain, under the reign of Charles II. Don Salluste, a grandee of Spain, wants revenge on the Queen. Ruy Blas, recently made Don Salluste's valet, loves the Queen madly. Don César, Don Salluste's cousin, lives a bohemian life under the name Zafari, and Ruy Blas knows him by that name. Daniel Krellenstein directs. The cast is Joséphine Cordesse, David Decraene, Simon Djaro, Nicolas Jonquères, Béatrice Mandelbrot, Hélène Willemin and Jean-Louis Zentelin. Lighting is by Alexandre de Pardailhan.