Gaston De Foix And Other Plays Author:Maurice Baring General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1903 Original Publisher: Grant Richards Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can ... more »select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: TRISTRAM AND ISEULT A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS To H. B. He Budtjiu Ohu, kakt epema npojietajio, " L, wua. no rpycTHO Umt, a ckyMHO He 6biB3Jio. Note. -- The subject-matter of this play is entirely taken from fM. Joseph Btdier's reconstruction of the Tristram Legend. PERSONS OF THE PLAY King Mark. (King of Cornwall.) Tristram. (His Nephew.) And Ret. Denoalen. Duke Hoel. The Duchess. (His Wife.) Iseult Of Brittany. (Their Daughter.) Sir Kay Hedius. (Her Brother.) A Hermit. Griselda. (Iseult of Brittany's Lady.) Persides. (Tristram's Page.) Iseult The Fair. (King Mark's Wife.) Brangwaine. (Her Lady.) ACT I Scene I -- Hall in the Castle of Tintagel King Mark Tristram, my friend, thou who hast been to me More than a son, say wherefore art thou sad ? Tristram King Mark, I am not sad. King Mark In olden days Tintagel echoed with thy careless song. Tristram Those days were long ago ; I was a boy ; Since then so many crowded years have passed, And I have wandered long and far away. King Mark Tristram, it hurts my heart to see thee sad. Tristram Let not the King heed Tristram; I deserve No passing thought, for fortune has bestowed Too many gifts on me. King Mark O heart of gold ! Tristram, my son, no gift would be too great For thee. Tristram I pray thee speak not thus, O King. [Horns sound King Mark Hark ! the horn calls us ; com'st thou to the hunt ? Tristram I come. King Mark Then let us follow the glad horn. [Exeuut Enter Iseult and Brangwaine ISKULT How mournful is the murmur of the sea ! How heavy is the curtain...« less