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There are many changes between the play "Cosi" and Louis Nowra's adapted screenplay of Cosi. Firstly, in the play Doug burns down a toilet block and isn't blammed for it. Instead Julie takes the wrath for the incident saying that she threw a lighted cigarette down the toilet and that she was sorry and realised her mistake, therefore noone really discovered that it was Doug and the 'play project' continues uninhibited. Whereas, in the screenplay Doug openly burns down the entire Institutions theatre and is thrown into a closed ward or solitary confinement as punishment. As a result of this Dougs role in the play is revoked and given to Lewis (the director), and therefore gives Doug suitable reason to kill Lewis and jeopardise the pl