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TUESDAY 6 APRIL
Presented by Mark Lawson
THE BURIAL AT THEBES
A new version of Sophocles' play, Antigone, has been written by Ireland's best known living poet, Seamus Heaney. Re-titled, The Burial At Thebes, it opened last night at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Theatre critic, Rachel Andrews reviews.
The Burial At Thebes is at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin until Saturday 1 May
 Listen to the review
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE ONDAATJE PRIZE
A new literary prize aims to reward a work of either fiction or non-fiction which most successfully evokes a place through prose. Mark Lawson talks to the Chairman of the judges, Richard Holmes.
The winner of the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize will be announced on 18 May
Listen to the discussion
SEASIDE PIERS
Seaside piers are gradually disappearing. But future generations unable to rely on memory will be able to consult a remarkable set of photographs. Bob Dickinson reports for Front Row
Time and Tide is on at the Blackpool Promenade until June, then goes to Saltburn and Southend on Sea
Listen to the report
ATTRIBUTION
Taylor Thompson, daughter of former Times owner Lord Thompson of Fleet, sued Christie's auction house after two Louis XV urns which she bought at auction turned out to be fakes. The art market expert Godfrey Barker has been following the case.
Listen to the discussion
THE GIRL IN THE OTHER ROOM
American jazz singer-pianist Diana Krall collaberates with her husband, Elvis Costello. Critic and broadcaster Alyn Shipton reviews.
The Girl in the Other Room is out now on the Verve label
Listen to the review
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