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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.

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14 minutes

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Fri 25 Nov 202202:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Broadcasts

  • Thu 4 Oct 201810:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 4 Oct 201819:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 24 Nov 202214:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 25 Nov 202202:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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