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Maya Angelou and me: adapting her memoirs brought me eye to eye with an icon by Patricia Cumper

She lived a sensational life " but it was her assumption of her equality that made Maya Angelou radical, as I rediscovered when turning I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings into radio dramaI've been adapting novels and plays for radio for well over a decade. And I've adapted wonderful work: Beloved, The Darker Face of the Earth, Small Island, The Color Purple. But adapting the work of Maya Angelou for BBC Radio 4 was the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM on June 13, 2018

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