Stephen Greenhorn (born 5 September 1964 in

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, Scotland) is a Scottish playwright and screenwriter. He is the creator of the

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soap opera ''

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''.

Theatre

Greenhorn’s plays have been produced by a wide variety of theatre companies across the UK as well as on BBC Radio and several have been published. Original or adapted works for the stage include: ''The Salt Wound'' (1994), ''Dissent'' (1998), and ''Gilt'' (2003) for 7:84 theatre group; ''Passing Places'' (1997) and ''The Ballad of Crazy Paolo'' (2001) for the

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; ''Sleeping Around'' (1998) with

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and Hilary Fannin for Paines Plough touring theatre and ''King Matt'' (2001) for

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. ''Passing Places'' won the author a nomination for Scottish Writer of the Year in 1998 and has since been translated many times and produced worldwide. In 2007 he created '' Sunshine on Leith'' for

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– a musical featuring the songs of

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. The show won the TMA Award for Best Musical that year and has toured several times since. A

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was released in 2013. Greenhorn adapted it for the big screen. The film was shot in Glasgow and Edinburgh in late 2012 starring

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and

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and was directed by

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Television

Greenhorn’s TV work includes episodes of ''

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'' and '' Where The Heart Is''. For

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he has written the six-part drama series '' Glasgow Kiss'' (2000) and the feature-length drama ''Derailed'' (2005). His adaptation of

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's novel ''

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'' was screened on

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in 2006. Greenhorn has written two episodes for the science fiction series ''

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'': "

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" in

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(2007) and "

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" in

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(2008). He also wrote a comic strip, ''Mind Shadows'', which was featured on the ''Doctor Who'' website in 2008. Another television project, ''

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'', a five-part supernatural drama starring

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, aired on ITV in early 2011. Greenhorn penned the series, which was based on '' The Oaks'', a U.S. television pilot which wasn't aired. He wrote for the 2021 epic miniseries ''

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'', reuniting him with David Tennant. He is set to adapt the young adult novel ''Last Lesson'' for Red Planet Pictures.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenhorn, Stephen 1964 births Living people People from West Lothian Scottish television writers Scottish science fiction writers Scottish dramatists and playwrights British soap opera writers British television writers British science fiction writers British male screenwriters British television producers British male television writers People from Fauldhouse