 In the teleplay there are fewer transitions from the prison to the "Don Quixote" scenes than there are in the musical.The teleplay also includes many adventures from the novel which had to be left out of the musical "Man of La Mancha" due to time constraints, such as the attack on the flock of sheep.The encounter with the windmills, instead of taking place in the early part of the story, as in both Cervantes' novel and the musical, here takes place towards the end.