John Wulp has been a playwright, theatrical producer, set designer, teacher, waiter, short order cook, weaver, editor, photographer, and painter. Wulp has done so many things in his life that i's as if he had lived under many roofs, according to his friend, the playwright John Guare. In this lavishly illustrated book the paintings, which as Guare reports in his foreword "are the best part of him...are now collected under one, roof." "The first portfolio showcases works referred to in the autobiographical memoirs that follow it. The second portfolio is a meant as a selective retrospective of Wulp's achievements in the visual arts. It opens with examples of Wulp's photographs--especially those of actors, actresses, and dancers at work--and continues with stage sets, landscapes, interiors, abstracts, still lifes, and portraits. John Wulp's lively and intimate reflections on his long and varied life draw the visual material together. When he ws a boy, theater provided him an escape from the harassments of childhood and along with painting laid a strong claim on his affections. Readers of Wulp's self-portrait will find themselves with an inside picture of American theater over the last half century--from Wulp's school-age theatrical experiences, to the writing of his first play while in Marine boot camp, to the early off-Broadway careers of our most honored actors, play-wrights, and producers...to the triumph of Wulp's biggest commercial success, Dracula. In counterpoint to a theatrical life led largely in New York Wulp has also conducted a long love affair with the islands of New England. It was Nantucket's light and air that first drew him to painting, and where his paintings first foundhappy buyers. In 1985 he discovered the beauties of island Mine, and on Vinalhaven and North Haven he has found the permanent "roof" of his maturity. Still painting, but spending much of his time with children in the North Haven Community School working on theatrical productions of all kinds. Wulp--entering his 75th year in 2003--brings a lifetime of rich experience to expand the worlds of others.
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