Ruy Blas, one of Don Salluste's lackeys, falls in love with the young Queen of Spain. A woman scorned. Don Salluste refuses to marry his victim and is banished. Don Salluste plots vengeance. He disguises Ruy Blas as Don Caesar de Bezan and presents him as a kinsman of his just returned from India. The young queen falls in love with Ruy Blas. Death of Ruy Blas.—Moving Picture World synopsis