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image: Quentin Crisp sitting at a table with his right hand touching his chin.
For those who admired him for his Intellect, Humanity and Courage.
Dedicated to the memory of
Quentin Crisp
"On religion :
Any fool can believe in what is self-evident.
It takes a genius to believe what is clearly a palpable lie!"
- Quentin Crisp

Tea 'N' Crisp
An Invitation for tea with Quentin Crisp

All images supplied by and reproduced here with Richard's kind permission.

Image: Richard Louis James. Image: Richard Louis James as Quentin Crisp in Tea 'N' Crisp. Richard Louis James brings Quentin back to live in this play based on his writings and public appearances, which debuted at the Ashby Theatre, 1901 Ashby Avenue, Berkley, CA.

Richard will be performing his play at The San Francisco Playhouse on 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th of February 2008.

Richard is also currently working towards putting his play on at the New York Fringe Festival, the Gay International Fringe Festival in Ireland and the Edinburgh Festival in 2008.

Richard has now produced a promo of his show.

Richard on stage as Quentin.

Image: Richard Louis James on stage as Quentin Crisp in Tea 'N' Crisp. Image: Richard Louis James on stage as Quentin Crisp in Tea 'N' Crisp.

What the press said

Preview in the San Francisco Bay Times

Preview in the San Francisco Chronicle

From Richard Louis James

Email Richard: rjcrisp@att.net

I had the premier of my show Tea `N Crisp tonight and one of the guests who was involved in a movie Red Ribbons with Quentin told me about your website.

I`m so thrilled to know it exists. I`m so blessed to continue his spirit on stage.

The response was unbelieveable. So many people were touched by his words and I`m proud to say the guest told me it was like watching Quentin`s ghost. I`m not surprised as I asked Quentin before going on to give me support and guidence tonight.

Bless you for this wonderfull site.

22nd June 2007