Shakespeare at the BBC:
A Viewing Order For The Best Bottoms In The Land.



TV Or potential viewing order. Tonight each BBC One's regional opt-out will simultaneously broadcast a documentary about amateur actors playing the mechanicals in a local version of the RSC touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

This will all have been recorded at different times as the tour has continued throughout the country which presumably means if you watch them in that venue order you'll be seeing a version of the history of the production.

Based on this list of venues, this should be the viewing order. I've left in the dates of production.  The episode numbers on the iPlayer are in brackets:

Shakespeare's Dream in the Black Country (7)
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE - STRATFORD UPON AVON
February 17, 2016 - March 5, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in County Durham (5)
NORTHERN STAGE - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
March 16, 2016 - March 22, 2016

CITIZENS THEATRE - GLASGOW
March 29, 2016 - April 2, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in Blackpool (6)
BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE - BLACKPOOL
April 5, 2016 - April 9, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in Bradford (3)
ALHAMBRA THEATRE - BRADFORD
April 12, 2016 - April 16, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in Canterbury (8)
MARLOWE THEATRE - CANTERBURY
April 19, 2016 - April 23, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in Norwich (1)
THEATRE ROYAL NORWICH - NORWICH
April 26, 2016 - April 30, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in Hucknall (2)

THEATRE ROYAL NOTTINGHAM - NOTTINGHAM
May 3, 2016 - May 7, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in Cornwall (9)
HALL FOR CORNWALL - TRURO
May 10, 2016 - May 14, 2016

Shakespeare's Dream in London (4)
BARBICAN - LONDON
May 17, 2016 - May 21, 2016

NEW THEATRE - CARDIFF
May 24, 2016 - May 28, 2016

GRAND OPERA HOUSE - BELFAST
May 31, 2016 - June 4, 2016

Although there were and will be productions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Island, tonight they have their own programmes.

Hopefully at some point a recording of the whole production will be made available.

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