The Seven Raymonds were a comic revue troupe founded in 1987 by
University of Oxford
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undergraduates.
The Seven Raymonds were
Stewart Lee
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,
Richard Herring
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,
Emma Kennedy
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Early life and education
The daughter of teachers, Michael Cosgrave, Richard Canning, and Jo Renshaw. They supported
the Oxford Revue
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at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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in 1987.
They appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1987 in the show '.
The troupe fell out over the continuing involvement of Jo Renshaw. After Renshaw was told she could not take part further, arguments ensued and Richard Canning subsequently left the group. He was replaced by comic writer Tim Richardson.
Lee and Herring
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became a successful double act on radio and television. Cosgrave became a jazz musician with
Celtic
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band
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jam band
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. Kennedy became a television presenter, actress and writer. Canning is an academic. Richardson works as a journalist and writer.