Quentin Crisp (1908 - 1999) author, actor and personality, on location for a British Film Institute Production Board film: VALUE FOR MONEY. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, UK, 1970.
VALUE FOR MONEY (1970) Production Company: British Film Institute, commissioned by director of BFI Production Board: Bruce Beresford; Director: David Blest; Lighting Cameraman (DOP): Gale Tattersall; Producer: Franc Roddam; Assistant Director: Richard Keith Wolff; Cast Members: Quentin Crisp, Kenneth Seeger, John Donaldson, Elizabeth Mellor, Richard Wolff; Casting: Barrie Stacey (1926-2022); Continuity: Barbara Deehan. Location: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, 35mm B&W Film, Running time: 40.0 mins
I first met and photographed Quentin Crisp when we were both working on a British Film Institute (BFI) short film. Crisp was acting in the film, I was assistant director on the production. This stills picture were taken when Quentin Crisp was relaxing, in a filming break. He was not made-up or dressed in his customary flamboyant style at this time because he was dressed for his acting role in the film. It was a time when Quentin Crisp was not well known, except by a small theatrical and literary circle of people, so he came as quite a delightful surprise to meet. When his autobiography "The Naked Civil Servant" was later adapted for a television film in 1975 he then became more famous or as he preferred to say 'infamous'. At the end of the days shooting Quentin Crisp would have the cast and crew in stitches with his witty sense of humour, his anecdotes, his particular way of seeing and describing things, his philosophy, he was immensely funny, entertaining, also very kind and gentle. Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England 1970. Photograph by Richard Keith Wolff. Stills print available from: BFI Printstore.
Location: Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
