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
Patrick Shea (civil servant) the enemy, we were lost souls"". Shea was given an OBE in 1961 and CB 1972. He was made an Honorary member of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects in 1971 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1977. He was a long-time member of the Ulster Arts Club. He married Eithne McHugh (d. 2000) in September 1941 and they had a daughter and two sons. Patrick Shea (civil servant) Patrick Shea CB, OBE, FRSA (27 April 1908 – 1986) was a Northern Irish civil servant and the first Roman Catholic since A. N. Bonaparte-Wyse in the