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

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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies

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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 4

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

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Maya tours internationally with Porgy and Bess

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 …. Adjoa Andoh
Maya …. Pippa Bennett-Warner
Clyde …. Tumo Reetsang
Martha Flowers …. Gbemisola Ikumelo
Lilian …. Sarah Niles
Julian .... Ivan Marevich
Arabic Man …. Steve Toussaint

Director: Pauline Harris

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.

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

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Dramatisation of Maya Angelou's third volume of memoirs

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