Paul Green (playwright)

Paul Green
Born	(1894-03-17)March 17, 1894 Lillington, North Carolina, US
Died	May 4, 1981(1981-05-04) (aged 87) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US
Education	Campbell University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA) Cornell University (MA)
Period	Expressionist
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1927)
Spouse	Elizabeth Lay

Paul Eliot Green (March 17, 1894 – May 4, 1981) was an American playwright whose work includes historical dramas of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play, In Abraham's Bosom, which was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1926-1927.

His play The Lost Colony has been regularly produced since 1937 near Manteo, North Carolina, and the historic colony of Roanoke. Its success has resulted in numerous other historical outdoor dramas being produced; his work is still the longest-running.