Episode 3
Maya auditions for the world-famous black opera, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in 1950's San Francisco. Stars Pippa Bennett-Warner.
Maya begins her singing career at the Purple Onion, where she gets to meet the cast of the famous black opera Porgy and Bess.
To her surprise she gets to audition for the company, with the prospect of a world tour.
Maya Angelou's third volume of vivid memoirs set in the early 1950s.
Dramatised by Winsome Pinnock
Narrator …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya …. Pippa Bennett-Warner
Clyde …. Tumo Reetsang
Vivian Baxter …. Ellen Thomas
Martha Flowers …. Gbemisola Ikumelo
Wilkie …. Steve Toussaint
Drew …. Sean Murray
Breen …. Ryan Whittle
Miss Blum .... Jeanette Percival
Director: Pauline Harris
First broadcast on BBC 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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Wed 3 Oct 201810:41BBC Radio 4- Wed 3 Oct 201819:45BBC Radio 4
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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou’s autobiographies, plus specially selected archive.
