Paul Vincent Carroll

Paul Vincent Carroll (10 July 1899 – 20 October 1968) was a prolific Irish dramatist writing over 60 plays and writer of short stories, movie scenarios and television scripts.

Carroll was born in Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland 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. He co-founded in 1932 with Grace Ballantine and Molly Urquhart, and was playwright in residence of the Curtain Theatre Company in Glasgow, Scotland. Carroll was also co-founder and playwright in residence of The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland 1943.