Paul Vincent Carroll Explained

Paul Vincent Carroll (10 July 1900 – 20 October 1968) was an Irish dramatist and writer of movie scenarios and television scripts.

Carroll was born in Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland[1] and trained as a teacher at St Patrick's College, Dublin and settled in Glasgow in 1921 as a teacher. Several of his plays were produced by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.[2] He co-founded, with Grace Ballantine and Molly Urquhart, the Curtain Theatre Company in Glasgow.[3]

Personal life

Carroll and his wife, clothing designer Helena Reilly, had three daughters; the youngest was actress Helena Carroll (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's in the 1920s.

List of works

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.irishplayography.com/person.aspx?personid=10510 Irish Playography
  2. http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/c/Carroll_PV/life.htm Profile at Ricorso
  3. Murdoch, Travelling Hopefully: The Story of Molly Urquhart, Edinburgh, 1981.