British director Peter Glenville was then brought in (it was he who cast Peter O'Toole as Cervantes and Quixote), but he was also fired when it was learned that he planned to eliminate most of the play's songs from the film.
Peter Glenville, the British director who cast Peter O'Toole as Cervantes and Quixote, was subsequently dismissed after it was discovered that he intended to remove most of the play's musical numbers from the film.