Paul Vincent Carroll
Paul Vincent Carroll (born July 10, 1900 in Blackrock , Dundalk , County Louth , Ireland , † October 20, 1968 in London Borough of Bromley , England ) was an Irish playwright who won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award twice for the best foreign play was awarded.
Life
Carroll wrote dramas, some of which took place in Ireland's recent history such as the 1916 Easter Rising .
In 1933 he first founded the Curtain Theater in Glasgow . His best-known plays include Shadow and Substance (1937), which not only won the Roger Casement Prize, but also received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award . The White Steed was rejected by the Abbey Theater in Dublin , but won another New York Drama Critics' Circle Award after its premiere on Broadway in New York City in 1939 . His other stage works include Things That Are Caesar's (1932), Coggerers (1937), Kindred (1939), The Strings are False (1942) and The Wise Have Not Spoken (1944).
In 1943 he was the founder of the Glasgow Citizens's Theater and remained its director until his death.After the Second World War he also wrote numerous scripts and literary templates for films and television series such as The Brothers (1947) by David Macdonald , Saints and Sinners (1949) by Leslie Arliss and The Last Moment (1954) by Lance Comfort ,
His drama The Wayward Saint was processed by Rudolf Mors (1966) and Mark Lothar (1970) in their operas The Unruly Saint .
Web links
- Paul Vincent Carroll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography and Works (irishplayography.com)
- Biography (pgil-eirdata.org)
- Biography (irishwriters-online.com)
- Complete Playwright Guide (doollee.com)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carroll, Paul Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blackrock , Dundalk , County Louth , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th October 1968 |
| Place of death | London Borough of Bromley , England |