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Man of La Mancha. The story of a knight errant and his adventures through Spain. Miguel de Cervantez. Miguel de Cervantez was a tax collector during the 15 th century in Spain. He was brought forward to the Spanish Inquisition for taxing a church.
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The story of a knight errant and his adventures through Spain.
Miguel de Cervantez • Miguel de Cervantez was a tax collector during the 15th century in Spain. • He was brought forward to the Spanish Inquisition for taxing a church. • He was acquitted for this, but not before being imprisoned. • Wrote Don Quixote based on his experiences in prison.
Don Quixote • An old man who has spent much time reading and studying and has become distraught over the state of the world. • He decides to become a knight errant and restore chivalry to the world. • He has battles with windmills and the imaginary Knight of the Mirrors. • Changes the lives of Sancho and Aldonza with his morals and optimism.
AlanzoQuijana is an old man who has become disheartened with the ways of the world and decides to become a knight. • He rides to an inn with his manservant where he discovers Aldonza, whom he calls Dulcinea and refers to her as a pure lady. • At the inn he causes issues for the innkeeper by attacking a group of muleteers and causing general disruption with his odd ways. • His family decides that they must find him and bring him back by any means necessary.
The doctor and the priest find him at the inn where he has just been dubbed a knight by the innkeeper. • The doctor pretends to be the Knight of Mirrors and drives Don Quixote mad, which in effect, makes him the sane AlanzoQuijana again. • Aldonza and Sancho refresh Quijana’s memory of Don Quixote and he slips back into the knight’s ways. • Don Quixote dies, but he left his impression with his ideals on Aldonza, now Dulcinea, and Sancho.
This whole story is being acted before the prisoners of the inquisition in order for Miguel de Cervantez to be able to keep his manuscript. This is his trial before the prisoners. • Throughout the show, prisoners join in to the act and participate in the story. • At the end, Cervantez and his manservant are taken away by the inquisition, but the band of prisoners sing “The Impossible Dream” as he leaves, indicating that they believe in him.
Set in a dungeon in Spain with no changes in set to remind the audience that this is a play within a play. • Architecture is suffocating and cramped, full of people and dirty. • The staircase is the only entrance or exit from the dungeon. • Brick with various pieces of furniture are the main aspects of the set.
The Songs • Overture • Man of La Mancha • It's All the Same • Dulcinea • I'm Only Thinking of Him • I Really Like Him • What Do You Want of Me? • Little Bird, Little Bird • Golden Helmet of Mambrino • To Each His Dulcinea • The Impossible Dream • The Combat (instrumental) • Knight of the Woeful Countenance • Little Bird, Little Bird (reprise), leading into an instrumental entitled The Abduction • The Impossible Dream (first reprise) • Man of La Mancha (first reprise) • Moorish Dance (instrumental) • Aldonza • Knight of the Mirrors (choreographed instrumental sequence) • A Little Gossip • Dulcinea (reprise) / The Impossible Dream (reprise) / Man of La Mancha (reprise) / The Psalm • Finale Ultimo: The Impossible Dream (reprise)
