Paul Vincent Carroll
Description
Paul Vincent Carroll, born in Blackrock, County Louth, Ireland, was an Irish dramatist and writer of movie scenarios and television scripts. Carroll was 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. He co-founded, with Grace Ballantine and Molly Urquhart, the Curtain Theatre Company in Glasgow. Carroll and his wife, clothing designer Helena Reilly, had three daughters and a son. He was a close friend of Patrick Kavanagh's in the 1920s. Source: [Wikipedia](
Books
The white steed
An elderly priest in an Irish parish has had a stroke and is confined to a wheelchair. A temporary priest is sent to take over his duties but his manner soon sows seeds of discontent in the parish - leading to outright confrontation.
The Best Plays of 1937-38 and the Year Book of the Drama In America
Five great modern Irish plays ...
The playboy of the Western world by John M. Synge--Juno and the paycock by Sean O'Casey--Riders to the sea by John M. Synge--Spreading the news by Lady Gregory--Shadow and substance by Paul Vincent Carroll.