Christopher Eccleston to play Oedipus in Radio 3 Anthony Burgess season BBC News

"Christopher Eccleston is to play Oedipus in a BBC Radio 3 drama marking the centenary of the birth of author and composer Anthony Burgess.

The actor said he was "honoured and proud" to take the lead role in Burgess's "brilliant and daring" version of Sophocles's tragedy.

Oedipus the King will be broadcast on 26 February 2017.

A Radio 3 season will also feature essays from eminent writers about the A Clockwork Orange writer's work.

Burgess's adaptation of Oedipus the King was first performed on stage in the US in 1972, with music from Grammy-winning composer Stanley Silverman.

But it has never been performed in the UK. The new radio version will feature Silverman's score performed by the BBC Philharmonic and Manchester Chamber Choir."

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