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Cynthia Nixon has signed up as a cast member for British commercial web ITV’s drama An Englishman in New York, a follow-up to the 1975 TV movie The Naked Civil Servant.

Nixon plays a performance artist and playwright Penny Arcade in the drama and John Hurt reprises his role as English eccentric Quentin Crisp.

The drama follows Crisp’s move to New York in the early 80s, where the gay writer and raconteur was embraced by celebrities and artists, including Penny Arcade.

The two created the long-running performance/interview piece, “The Last Will and Testament of Quentin Crisp.”

Also joining the cast is Jonathan Tucker (Veronica Must Die, The Black Donnellys), who stars as Crisp’s friend, the American artist Patrick Angus, and “Swoozie Kurtz” (”Pushing Daisies”), as Crisp’s agent, Connie Clausen.

Currently shooting in London and New York, the drama is directed by Richard Laxton and written by Brian Fillis.

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