March 1999. New York. Tim Fountain and Bette Bourne are going to meet Quentin Crisp. Tim is writing a play about Quentin in which Bette will play Mr Crisp. Six months later RESIDENT ALIEN opens in London and Quentin is dead...
THE SIGNIFICANT DEATH OF QUENTIN CRISP
November 1999. Quentin Crisp dies in a Manchester boarding house. Through interviews with family and friends we investigate the circumstances surrounding his final fatal trip to the homeland he professed to hate.