Paul Vincent Carroll (10 July 1899 – 20 October 1968)[1] was a prolific Irish dramatist writing over 60 plays and writer of short stories, movie scenarios and television scripts.
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Carroll was born in Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland[1] and received his degree in history from University College, Dublin and settled in Glasgow in 1920 as a teacher. Several of his plays were produced by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and on Broadway. His play SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE won the New York Drama Critic's Award (1938) and THE WHITE STEED won the same award in 1939. [2] He co-founded in 1932 with Grace Ballantine and Molly Urquhart, and was playwright in residence of the Curtain Theatre Company in Glasgow, Scotland. [3] Carroll was also co-founder and playwright in residence of The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland 1943.
Personal life
editCarroll and his wife, clothing designer Helena Winifred Reilly born in Ireland and died NYC (1903-1957) (buried in Paterson, New Jersey), met and married (1923) in Glasgow, Scotland, and had three daughters; Theresa ELizabeth Carroll, musician, born in Glasgow, Scotland, died in Phoenix, Arizona (1924-2001); Katheleen Moira Carroll, journalist, born in Glasgow, Scotland, died in NYC (1926-2007) buried in Phoenix, AZ; and youngest daughter actress Helena Carroll born in Glasgow, Scotland, died in Marina del Rey, California (1928–2013) buried in Phoenix, AZ.
Carroll also had a son with partner Mary Pearl, Brian Francis Carroll, born in Bromley, Kent and died in London (1945-2021). [citation needed]
Carroll's daughters Kathleen and Helena died unmarried, without issue.
Carroll's eldest daughter Theresa married (1955) in Granada, Spain physician Jose Maria Perez Barrios (born in Jaen and died and buried in Cordoba, Spain (1927-1984) and had 2 children, Helena Winifred Carroll Perez (Reilly) (1954 -) and Paul Vincent Carroll Perez (1955 -) both born in Granada, Spain.
Carroll's son Brian had one daughter Lauren Carroll, born London (1988 -).
Carroll's grandson Paul Vincent had a son with Dee Redpath, born Ian Redpath in Phoenix, AZ (1975 -) and Carroll's granddaughter Helena Winifred married John Andrew Lutgens (1985) and Carroll's great grandson, Paul Vincent Reilly was born in Phoenix, Arizona (1986 -).
Paul Vincent Carroll died at age 68 in Bromley, Kent, England.[1] He died in his sleep from heart failure.[citation needed]
He was a close friend of Patrick Kavanagh's in the 1920s.[citation needed]
List of works
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c Christopher Murray. "Carroll, Paul Vincent". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Profile at Ricorso
- ^ Murdoch, Travelling Hopefully: The Story of Molly Urquhart, Edinburgh, 1981.