Tristan and Yseut Screenplay Episode: The Mad Jester

If you've been following this story for a while, you know that Tristan and Yseut fell in love after drinking a potion which Brangain mistakenly served them instead of wine. That began a 3-year affair between the two, which took them through many adventures, until they promptly fell out of love when the potion's power expired.

Since then they've been living more or less separate lives--Yseut with King Mark in Cornwall, and Tristan with his bride (also called Yseut) in Brittany. Last episode, Kaherdin, Tristan's new best friend and brother-in-law, agreed to accompany Tristan to Cornwall to see the famed beauty of Yseut the Fair, who is unknowingly competing for Tristan's affections with the other Yseut, Kaherdin's sister.

Screenshot from The White Queen

Thanks so much for reading. Are you enjoying this series? I'd love to hear what you think in the comments! If you'd like to catch up on past episodes (and get all the references Tristan was making in this episode), click the links below. To find out what happens next, hit follow! As always, upvotes and resteems are much appreciated.

Episode One: Tristan's Backstory, and why I am posting this screenplay on the Internet
Episode Two: The Irish Invaders
Episode Three: The Healer Princess
Episode Four: Killing the Dragon
Episode Five: The Love Potion
Episode Six: The Bear and the Rote Player
Episode Seven: The Meeting in the Orchard
Episode Eight: The Hunt
Episode Nine: The Army of Lepers
Episode Ten: The King's Secret and the Hermit of Ogrin
Episode Eleven: Tristan's Dog
Episode Twelve: The Turning Point
Episode Thirteen: The Return to Tintagel
Episode Fourteen: A Message to the Knights of Camelot
Episode Fifteen: The Leper at the Quagmire
Episode Sixteen: Trial by Battle!
Episode Seventeen: Another Yseut

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