Historically, Malpas is known for its ferry service to the Roseland peninsula and there is a myth that this crossing was used by Iseult.
Among the ensemble's awards are the Grand Prix du Disque (1987) for a medieval version of the Tristan and Iseult legend.
Brangaine, a character in many versions of the legend of Tristan and Iseult
Carr's Tristram and Iseult (1906), a pseudo-medieval drama, was produced at the Adelphi Theatre starring Matheson Lang, Lily Brayton and Oscar Asche.
Throughout Hardy's life, the stories of Tristan and Iseult, Aeneas and Dido, and Orpheus and Eurydice, stories about mythological figures that had loved and lost, helped to shape society's view.
He becomes a Knight of the Round Table (taking Morholt's old seat) and embarks on the Quest for the Holy Grail before abandoning the idea to stay with Iseult at Lancelot's castle.
Additionally, Bush references figures from mythology in the third verse, among them the lovers Iseult and Marion.