Name Martin Starkie Role Actor | ||
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Occupation Actor, Writer and Director Died November 5, 2010, London, United Kingdom Similar People Nevill Coghill, Richard Hill, Loudon Sainthill, Sandy Duncan | ||
Oxford university poetry society martin starkie prize
Martin Starkie (1922–2010) was an English actor, writer and director for theatre, radio and television. The Oxford University Poetry Society administers the annual Martin Starkie Prize in his honour.
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Early life
Starkie was born in Burnley and educated at Burnley Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford, under critic Nevill Coghill. In 1946 he founded the Oxford University Poetry Society, and with Roy McNab edited the Oxford Poetry magazine in 1947.
Career
He made his name in the BBC's The Third Programme and on television in the 1950s. He went on to write with Nevill Coghill and composers Richard Hill and John Hawkins, and to produce and direct Canterbury Tales, based on Nevill Coghill’s translation, first in Oxford, then in the West End, on Broadway and in Australia.