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Paul Vincent Carroll (10 July 1900 – 20 October 1968) was an

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dramatist and writer of movie scenarios and television scripts. Carroll was born in Blackrock, County Louth, IrelandIrish Playography
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and settled in

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in 1921 as a teacher. Several of his plays were produced by the

Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the p ...

in Dublin. He co-founded, with Grace Ballantine and Molly Urquhart, the Curtain Theatre Company in Glasgow.Murdoch, ''Travelling Hopefully: The Story of Molly Urquhart'', Edinburgh, 1981.

Personal life

Carroll and his wife, clothing designer Helena Reilly, had three daughters; the youngest was actress

Helena Carroll Helena Winifred Carroll (13 November 1928 – 31 March 2013) was a veteran film, television and stage actress. Early life Born to clothing designer Helena Reilly and Abbey Theatre playwright Paul Vincent Carroll, she was the youngest of thr ...

(1928–2013). He also had a son, Brian Francis, born in 1945. Paul Vincent Carroll died at age 68 in Bromley, Kent England..He died in his sleep from heart failure. He was a close friend of

Patrick Kavanagh Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 – 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel ''Tarry Flynn'', and the poems "On Raglan Road" and "The Great Hunger". He is known for his accounts of Irish life th ...

's in the 1920s.

List of works

*''The Watched Pot'' (unpublished) *''The Things That are Caesar's'' (London, 1934) *''Shadow and Substance'' (1937, won the Casement Award and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award) *'' The White Steed'' (1939, won Drama Critics’ Circle Award) *''The Strings Are False'' (1942, published as ''The Strings My Lord Are False'', 1944) *''Coggerers'' (1944, later renamed ''The Conspirators'') *''The Old Foolishness'' (1944) *''The Wise Have Not Spoken'' (1947) *'' Saints and Sinners'' 1949 *''She Went by Gently'' (1953, *Irish Writing* magazine. Republished in 1955 in ''44 Irish Short Stories'' edited by Devin A. Garrity)

References

External links

Paul Vincent Carroll Collection
at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Paul Vincent 1900 births 1968 deaths People from County Louth Irish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century male writers Alumni of St Patrick's College, Dublin Scottish people of Irish descent Irish schoolteachers Scottish dramatists and playwrights