Richard Herring is a British comedian
and writer formerly best known as part of a double-act
with Stewart Lee.
With Stewart Lee, Herring wrote material for Chris
Morris' On the Hour (1991). In 1992 and 1993, he and
Lee wrote and performed Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable
World for BBC Radio 4. For BBC Radio 1, they wrote
and performed one series of Fist of Fun (1993), which
was later remade for television. A final television
partnership with Lee, This Morning With Richard Not
Judy, was a victim of BBC management reshuffles.
In 2002 Herring played the role of Renchard in the
Doctor Who Webcast Real Time, together with Stewart
Lee as Carey and Colin Baker as the Doctor.
Since cordially ending his informal partnership with
Stewart Lee, Herring has written and performed thought-provoking
one-man shows to critical acclaim. Most noteworthy
of these shows was Talking Cock – released as
a book in 2003 – which The Guardian described
as "man's answer to The Vagina Monologues." Like
Patrick Marber, he has also written and produced several
plays. |
