In 1931, Quentin Crisp (1908-99) coined a very popular phrase when he said, "I wish to live in the world, not in a closet." For the next 40 years, Crisp lived as we live today: out, loud and proud.

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As a divinity student at Yale 45 years ago, I invited Britain’s most famous naked man to speak to students and faculty at Yale. His name was Quentin Crisp and his autobiography of coming out as a ...

Quentin Crisp was a writer, raconteur, social rebel, and "professional being". He was nearly 91 when he died of heart failure in 1999, and his death powerfully affected those who loved him. In this ...

Quentin Crisp was perhaps the most lovable, sagacious, satisfied homosexual yet known to celebrity. He made a career of culling the absurd from the ordinary. He came out in the 1920s in his native ...

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - When John Hurt portrayed Quentin Crisp in the movie "The Naked Civil Servant" 33 years ago, it gave Crisp the stardom he'd always craved. Now Hurt is back in the same ...

Quentin Crisp, a British writer, raconteur, and unapologetic individualist, emerged as a prominent figure in the late 20th century. With his distinct persona, flamboyant appearance, and razor-sharp ...

Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope is a glorious, witty and uplifting celebration of a genuinely unique human being, and of the urgent necessity to be yourself. It is directed by EastEnders star, Linda Marlowe ...

Bette Bourne (pictured) will reprise his award-winning portrayal of the late Quentin Crisp in Resident Alien in a limited ten-week season, from 3 February to 5 April 2008 (previews from 28 January) at ...

Quentin Crisp was the frilly British poufter who ceaselessly spouted aphorisms, his wit hiding the fact that he had come of age through oppression and abuse in puritanical England. In the ’70s, he ...

It is a brave actor who counters the double threat of the subject himself, so vivid still in our memories, and John Hurt's brilliant performance on film in The Naked Civil Servant, to give us yet ...

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