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...expecting something interesting, provoking and undoubtably stylish, then An Evening with Quentin Crisp could well provide an amusing alternative to loud larums, noble lords and neurotic princes...

Author: By Richard J. Howells, | Title: Mr. Manners | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

...Quentin Crisp? Quentin Crisp is a 77-year-old Englishman who openly paraded his homosexuality in a country where nobody else did. Few people paid much attention to him until 1976, when his autobiography The Naked Civil Servant was made into a TV drama starring John Hurt, described by Crisp as "my representative on earth". He has been a professional personality ever since...

Author: By Richard J. Howells, | Title: Mr. Manners | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

This celebrity involves the writing of other books (How to Become a Virgin, Manners from Heaven), penning articles for The New York Times, The New York Post, Esquire, appearing on talk shows ("You say whatever you want to say, whatever the question is," quips Crisp), and appearing on stage at places like the Boston Shakespeare Theater...

Author: By Richard J. Howells, | Title: Mr. Manners | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

...what does he actually do on stage? Well, An Evening with Quentin Crisp is divided into two parts...

Author: By Richard J. Howells, | Title: Mr. Manners | 11/15/1985 | See Source »

Basically what Crisp is saying, in his ever-effervescent way, is that it's not what you do but how you do it and how you feel about it. He quotes the great Garbo with authority: "I told them I was beautiful and they believed...

Author: By Emily J. M. knowlton, | Title: Marquis de Style | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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