The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp (2001)

The Significant Death of Quentin Crisp

2001

Synopsis

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 portrait, Tim Fountain (Crisp's biographer, and author of the play RESIDENT ALIEN) interviews friends and family of Crisp, to learn something of the significance of his death, and the "enigma of his life".

Credits

Director

Nathan Evans

Cast

Bette Bourne as Herself

Frances Ramsey as Herself

Guy Kettlehack as Himself

Michelle Goyocolea-Crawford as Herself

Penny Arcade as Herself

Phillip Ward as Himself

Quentin Crisp as Himself

Tim Fountain as Himself / Presenter