The collection contains material related to Richard Herring's career, performing theatre and comedy since his time at the University of Oxford It includes:
- scripts for radio, television and plays
- promotional material for stand-up comedy performances
- published material by Richard Herring (including books and DVDs).
The collection is in a wide variety of formats, including:
- original material on paper (scripts, reviews, tour flyers and brochures)
- published material (books, pamphlets, and a DVD)
- born-digital material (documents and files saved to 3.5" floppy disks)
- 179 tiff image files from Richard's 'Comedy and Drama in Oxford notebook' (loaned to and scanned by the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive)
Collection in brief
Contents: Promotional material, published material, scripts
Period: 1986-2014
Subjects: comedy, performance, stand-up comedy, theatre, fringe theatre