Queen of Cornwall, The Famous Tragedy of the
Queen of Cornwall, The Famous Tragedy of the,a poetic drama by T. Hardy , published 1923 .
The play is a retelling of the old story of King Mark, the two Iseults, and Tristram. The events are conjured up by Merlin, and the Chanters perform as chorus. Queen Iseult has been to seek her love Tristram in Brittany, but is told that he is dead. Tristram discovers that his wife, Iseult of Brittany, had deceived him in telling him that the queen would not come to him. Disguised as a harper, he travels to Cornwall, followed by his wife. King Mark, the jealous husband of Queen Iseult, discovers his wife with Tristram and kills him. The queen then stabs Mark and leaps over a cliff to her death. The play was first produced in 1923 by the Hardy Players in Dorchester.
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