Poetic Obituaries: [Martin] Starkie was well-respected

for his various disciplines in theatre, radio and television.

In 1946 he founded the Oxford University Poetry Society, and with Roy McNab edited the Oxford Poetry magazine in 1947. He made his name in the BBC's The Third Programme and on television in the 1950s.

Trained for the stage at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) Mr Starkie made his Broadway debut as a director in Canterbury Tales in 1969.

from Burnley Express: Leading Burnley actor dies

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