debut, in a production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie. Philosophy Herrin describes himself as the archetypal Royal Court Theatre director, putting the writer before the director:You never want anything onstage that the writer doesn’t like. You need them to be entirely proud. What you want is to give them the deluxe version of their play... I try to disappear into the work. I’d hate for someone to say, in the way they do about other directors, ‘That’s a very Jeremy Herrin production.’ Ego’s a really dangerous thing in theatre. It’s a collegiate enterprise.Herrin has been instrumental in the founding of Stage Directors UK, an organisation that aims to create better working conditions and terms for directors. Theatre References Living people British theatre directors English theatre directors 1970 births