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After her traumatic experience, Maya meets her first life line in the guise of the refined Mrs. Flowers. Starring Indie Gjesdal.

Maya, in a state of trauma, has stopped speaking and is back living with her Grandmother in Arkansas.

She meets her first life line in the guise of the wonderfully refined Mrs. Flowers.

Maya Angelou's iconic debut autobiography powerfully evokes her life as a child in 1930s America.

Narrator ...... Adjoa Andoh
Maya ...... Indie Gjesdal
Bailey ...... Roshawn Hewitt
Momma ...... Cecilia Noble
Mother ...... Ellen Thomas
Mrs Flowers ...... Nikki Amuka-Bird

Dramatised by Patricia Cumper.

Director: Pauline Harris.

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in June 2018.

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15 minutes

Playing Maya

Playing Maya
Left to right: Narrator (Adjoa Andoh), Maya (Indie Gjesdal), Young Maya (Pippa Bennett-Warner).

Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator (Older Maya) Adjoa Andoh
Maya Indie Gjedsal
Bailey Roshawn Hewitt
Momma Cecilia Noble
Bertha Flowers Nikki Amuka-Bird
Director Pauline Harris
Producer Pauline Harris
Author Maya Angelou
Adaptor Patricia Cumper

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 Jun 2018 10:41
  • Wed 20 Jun 2018 19:45
  • Wed 23 Feb 2022 14:15
  • Thu 24 Feb 2022 02:15

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