Episode 3

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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.