Footage of seventeenth-century English plague victims being carried through the street in a cart, from the earlier film, was later reused as footage of nineteenth-century French cholera victims.
At 2:11:27, as Purcell's company rehearse "Dido", the music played is Wendy Carlos' electronic arrangement of "Queen Mary's Funeral March", from the soundtrack of the 1971 film.
Purcell's statement , "I hate the viol!", and King Charles's about "detestable viols" are jabs at the earlier film which is about a contemporary viol player
