Episode 4
Maya has joined the world-famous black opera Porgy and Bess's international tour.. Stars Adjoa Andoh.
Maya has an eventful time on a world tour with Gershwin's famous black opera, Porgy and Bess.
It's the first American company to be invited to perform behind the Iron Curtain.
Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s.
Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock
Older Maya 鈥�. Adjoa Andoh
Maya 鈥�. Pippa Bennett-Warner
Clyde 鈥�. Tumo Reetsang
Martha Flowers 鈥�. Gbemisola Ikumelo
Lilian 鈥�. Sarah Niles
Julian .... Ivan Marevich
Arabic Man 鈥�. Steve Toussaint
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on 主播大秀 Radio 4 in October 2018.
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The Amazing Maya Angelou
Joyous and haunting, mysterious and memorable - her life story is incredible.
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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou鈥檚 autobiographies, plus specially selected archive.