Maya Angelou: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

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Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies.

Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies, that are amongst the most beautiful, joyous and haunting portraits of 20th-century black America ever

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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas: Episode 3

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

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Maya auditions for Gershwin's world-famous opera, Porgy and Bess.

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.

Maya Angelou's Autobiographies: Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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Dramatisation of Maya Angelou's third volume of memoirs

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