#ruy blas

[elmaxlys]

Bon une fois que j'en ai fini avec mes lectures actuelles, je me lance dans quoi ?

[gayest-classiclit]

Classic Literature Sexyperson Tournament; Round 1

propaganda:

Jekyll:

HAD an article but where the hell did it go what

Old man with a Dark Secret (tm). He's too nice to be a true sexyman but the whole "transforms into the physical manifestation of his most perverse desires" thing definitely helps. Would have submitted Hyde but he's constantly described as "ugly mf" and "ew please get him away from me"

Ruy Blas:

Hmmmmm He is *romantic*, *exhalted*. He is a normal guy that passes as a noble, fools everyone and seduce the queen. His sexiness shines so much that people don't see that he's originally a peasant. And he dies in a *tragic* way, preserving the honor of the queen.

[jbrasseul]

Le boa qui digère un éléphant

[aramielles]

on peut discuter mes goûts en théâtre mais moi au moins j’ai pas ruy blas en l’une de mes pièces préférées HEIN I SEE U FLO

[julio-viernes]

A caballo entre los 60 y 70, Johnny Hallyday parió dos excelentes álbumes de los que ya hemos hablado en alguna ocasión, “Riviere… Ouvre Ton Lit” (1969) y "Vie" (1970) con Mick Jones (a mediados de los setenta creador de Foreigner) y Tommy Brown como colaboradores principales.

"Si Tu Pars" no está en ninguno de esos dos discos, es la cara B del single de 1969, "Ceux que L'amour a Blesses", en nuestro país "A Los Que Hirió el Amor", interpretada con poderío y gran éxito por Pedro Ruy- Blas, el sustituto de Teddy Bautista en Canarios cuando se fue a la mili. Pero pudo haber estado, incluso me atrevo a decir que debió haber estado en uno de esos LPs.

Es un Johnny Hallyday en clave "progresiva", con mucha percusión y una flauta travesera que le da un rollo fantástico. Como si se tratara de unos Jethro Tull, sólo que más rítmicos y "groovy".

[emvisual]

Este es Pedro Ruy Blas, un cantante que debería estar más reconocido. La canción se titula "A los que hirio el amor". Es del año 1971.

*https://youtu.be/ATlp0fmI7w4

[lubentina]

Georges Clairin (French, 1843-1919)

Sarah Bernhardt dans le rôle de dona Maria de Neubourg dans «Ruy Blas» de Victor Hugo, 1879

[zebreacadabra]

"Have One On Me" comparison :

-Focus on Sarah Bernardt -

As Joanna said in an interview, a model in a some parisian art studio around 1920 in Paris (France) is one of the inspirations for the HOOM cover photo. Here we have some pictures (and two illustrations) of the famous french actress Sarah Bernhardt in her parisian studio (late 1890's - early 1900). This is not exactly the right year, neither a model in an art studio. But more over the resemblance between the HOOM cover and the luxurious exuberant appartement, there is plenty of others paralels that I will explained in others posts. As a part of the parisian art scean of her time, Sarah Bernhardt was depicted by difrent painters and artist during the years. So, we may consider her as "parisian art model", but you'll see later.

Fun fact: it seems that the images here are not from a set, but the inside of her personal appartement. What a flamboyant and exuberant place to live!

Sarah Bernhardt (Born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand. She played female as well as male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", and Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours around the world, and she was one of the early prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures.

[venicepearl]

Sarah Bernhardt (22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils; Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand. She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours around the world, and was one of the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures.

She is also linked with the success of artist Alphonse Mucha, whose work she helped to publicize. Mucha would become one of the most sought-after artists of this period for his Art Nouveau style.

[girafeduvexin]

"Bon appétit ! messieurs ! —

…………………………….Ô ministres intègres !

Conseillers vertueux ! Voilà votre façon

De servir, serviteurs qui pillez la maison !

Donc vous n’avez pas honte et vous choisissez l’heure,

L’heure sombre où l’Espagne agonisante pleure !

Donc vous n’avez pas ici d’autres intérêts

Que remplir votre poche et vous enfuir après !

Soyez flétris, devant votre pays qui tombe,

Fossoyeurs qui venez le voler dans sa tombe !"

Ruy Blas, Victor Hugo, 1838.

[elmaxlys]

Not me applying the TG rule of no body no death to a Victor Hugo play because my favorite character died off stage

[laculturefrancaisecest]

la culture française c'est vouloir lire de la fanfic des bouquins au programme (Zola, Balzac...) et pas en trouver...

c'est clair ! elle est où ma fanfic fix-it de Madame Bovary où la petite Berthe grandit en paix avec deux parents ? hein ? hein ? Et Ruy Blas, pourquoi il peut pas survivre ? Et la princesse de montpensier et le homoerotic subtext de ses prétendants les uns avec les autres ?

[frenchlitclub]

Le vote pour notre lecture commune de décembre est ouvert sur le serveur !

Nous avons deux propositions théâtre !

Ruy Blas, de Victor Hugo, et Gabriel, de George Sand.

Rendez vous sur le serveur pour voter!

[nemosisworld]

Madame, écoutez-moi. J'ai des rêves sans nombre. Je vous aime de loin, d'en bas, du fond de l'ombre ; Je n'oserais toucher le bout de votre doigt, Et vous m'éblouissez comme un ange qu'on voit !

Victor Hugo, Ruy Blas

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Ph. Alfonso Ohnur : Ana de Armas

[gayest-classiclit]

a list of people in the classic literature sexyperson bracket

the following are already on the sexypedia and automatically in:

hamlet, hamlet

atticus finch, to kill a mockingbird

rodion raskolnikov, crime and punishment

sherlock holmes, the sherlock holmes books

arsene lupin, the arsene lupin books

frankenstein's monster/adam, frankenstein

jonathan harker, dracula. (his wife mina is tagteaming w/ him)

gerald croft, an inspector calls

big brother, 1984

erik/the phantom, phantom of the opera

mercutio, romeo and juliet

and the following have been submitted:

inspector goole, an inspector calls

benedetto, the count of monte cristo

edmond dantes, the count of monte cristo

gaspard caderousse, the count of monte cristo

quincey morris, dracula

ivan karamazov, the brothers karamazov

anatole kuragin and helene bezukhova, war and peace

dmitri razumikhin, crime and punishment

nastasya filippovna, the idiot

jean valjean, les miserables

captain hook, peter pan

dorian gray and basil hallward, the picture of dorian gray

charles bingley, pride and prejudice

carmilla, carmilla

helen of troy, greek mythology

benedick and beatrice, much ado about nothing

irene adler, the sherlock holmes books

annabel lee, annabel lee

violacesario, twelfth night

clopin trouillefrou, the hunchback of notre dame

lady macbeth, macbeth

therem harth ir em estraven, the left hand of darkness

eugene onegin, eugene onegin

alyosha karamazov, the brothers karamazov

count dracula, dracula

jesus christ and judas iscariot, the bible

henry jekyll, the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde

cathy ames, east of eden

enjolras, les miserables

hotspur, henry iv part 1

balladyna, balladyna

jay gatsby and daisy buchanan, the great gatsby

ruy blas, ruy blas

grendel's mother, beowulf

gregor samsa, the metamorphosis (by proxy)

eugene de rastignac, the human comedy

chloe, froth on the daydream

the duke de nemours, la princess de cleves

emma bovary, madame bovary

behemoth, the master and margarita

grantaire, les miserables

jane bennet, pride and prejudice

catherine, wuthering heights

milady de winter, the three musketeers

mephistopheles, faust

woland, the master and margarita

medea, greek mythology

prince hal from the henriad

fitzwilliam darcy from pride and prejudice

the woman behind the wallpaper from the yellow wallpaper

don rodrigue from the folktales

robin hood from the folktales this brings us to 63 entries so far! :)

[tradaotranchau]

“Tôi yêu người từ xa, dưới thấp, trong lòng bóng tối.”

Ruy Blas - Victor Hugo