The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor. A managing director at Jonathan Cape heard the interview and commissioned the publication. Having sold only 3,500 copies when first released, the book became a success when it was republished following the television movie broadcast. The book contains many anecdotes about Crisp's life from childhood to middle age, including troubles
Thomas Le Fanu (civil servant) Lucie Catherine Le Fanu (1901-1996), who married the educationalist John Traill Christie; and their son William Richard LeFanu (1904-1995), who became a librarian and was the husband of the composer Elizabeth Maconchy. The composer Nicola LeFanu is their granddaughter. Thomas Le Fanu (civil servant) Thomas Philip Le Fanu CB (9 December 1858 - 21 October 1945) was an Irish civil servant. Born in Ireland to a Hugenot family, he was the son of William Richard Le Fanu (1816-1894) and his wife Henrietta Victorine Barrington, daughter of Sir Matthew Barrington, 2nd Baronet. He was educated in England at Haileybury College and