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Stephen Greenhorn

STEPHEN GREENHORN

  (1964 - )
Nationality:    Scottish
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Literary Agent:    Rochelle Stevens & Co   

Stephen was born in West Lothian, Scotland in 1964 and started writing professionally in 1989 while still at university. Greenhorn's work has been produced by a wide variety of Theatre companies across the UK  including community groups and childrens Theatre companies  as well as on radio and television. Notable successes include the Salt Wound (1994) for 7:84 Theatre Company and Passing Places (1997) for the Traverse Theatre, edinburgh. In 1998 he collaborated on Sleeping Around for Paines Plough Theatre Company in London and returned to 7:84 to produce Dissent. In the same year, the published script of Passing Places earned him a place on the shortlist of the Stakis Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. For TV he has written episodes of the Bill and Where the Heart Is and his own six-part Drama series Glasgow Kiss was screened by BBC 1. In 2002 he created River City for BBC Scotland. He is currently working on several projects for film, television and Theatre. He lives in Glasgow.

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         Ballad Of Crazy Paola, The         Birds, The         Dissent         Giant Steps         Gilt         King Matt         Passing Places         Pinocchio         Salt Wound, The         Sleeping Around         Sunshine On Leith         Tracks Of The Winter Bear

Ballad Of Crazy Paola, The

Ballad Of Crazy Paola, The
when Paola invites Raymond into her life, as drum teacher to her son, the past gets messily unravelled

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Original Playwright - Arne Sierens

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adaptation

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Birds, The

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Original Playwright - Aristophanes

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adaptation

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Dissent

Dissent
exploring the emotions which fuel and surround ambition, and the conflict between party politics and single-issue activism.

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1st Produced:
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness     16 Nov 1998

Organisations:
7:84 Theatre Company

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Genre:
Political Thriller

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - acc.12911/85
Theatre Record Vol XVIII (1998) Page 1474 - [Theatre: Traverse - Edinburgh]

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Giant Steps

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1st Produced:
Touring Scotland     1995

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Visible Frictions

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Gilt

Gilt
Gilt is the result of an innovative and possibly unique collaboration. Three of Scotland's best writers have worked together on the one play, creating seven characters whose worlds collide and interweave to create a modern mosiac about money and love. each of the characters is traying to work out the best currency in which to conduct their dealings with the outside world. they are all guilty victims of love or money or both.

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collaboration between Stephen Greenhorn, Rona Munro And Isabel Wright.

1st Produced:
Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley     02 Oct 2003

Organisations:
7:84 Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - acc.12911/127
Theatre Record Vol XXIII (2003) Page 1470 - [Theatre: Soho]

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King Matt

King Matt
the story of a boy who becomes a king, is a simple fable filled with surprisingly complex resonances. In common with the very best in storytelling for children, it confronts the big moral issues surrounding the way in which one makes one's way in the world and through life - self-interest vying with self-sacrifice, the greed of the individual with the needs of the collective. the boy-king Matt is undoubtedly the hero of the tale but it is his human faults and frailties as well as his intrepid spirit that keep us on the edge of our seats right up to the suspense-filled ending. This is a play written for children that children would have great fun playing for themselves

Notes:
adapted from the book King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak, translated by Richard Lourie

1st Produced:
Macrobert, Stirling     11 May 2001

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TAG Theatre

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Genre:
TYA

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Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Passing Places

Passing Places
two Motherwell lads steal a surfboard and head for the highlands

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Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1997
Contained in: "Scotland Plays: New Scottish Drama" published by Nick Hern Books   978-1854593498

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Genre:
Road Movie

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Male:  5            Female:  2            Other:  doubling

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Pinocchio

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Pinocchio is based on Carlo Collodi's famous story about a wooden puppet who comes to life. This summer Scottish Youth theatre's production will take you back to the original darker tale about a boy who finds it very hard to be good. With each new temptation, Pinocchio comes a step closer to his deepest wish, but the closer he gets, the harder the journey gets. Beautifully presented, and with entertaining performances from the rising talent in Scotland today, it's a show that's not to be missed.

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These performances will be the culmination of A five week course for young people Aged between 14 And 21 taking part in this year's Scottish Youth theatre's highly Acclaimed Summer Festival. This course Allows its participants to explore And experience All that is involved in creating live theatre.

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Scottish Youth Theatre

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adaptation

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Salt Wound, The

Salt Wound, The
the Salt Wound ushers in not only the monumental sea but also an almost oppressive awareness of a close-knit fishing community with all its orthodoxies, traditions and celebrations. Greenhorn does a convincing job of taking the classical passions of Greek tragedy and transposing them to a modern setting. everyone is right and wrong. No-one can do anything about it . . . It holds an audience gripped.
- the Herald

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1st Produced:
Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh     21 Sep 1994

Organisations:
7:84 Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
National Library of Scotland ref: 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland - acc.12911/62
Theatre Record Vol XIV (1994) Page 1302 - [Theatre: Touring]

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Sleeping Around

Sleeping Around
Sleeping around is about love and sex in Britain as we approach the millennium. In a dozen scenes of likely and unlikely connections, two actors play a variety of couples whose ordinary lives erupt in extraordinary moments.

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written by Mark Ravenhill, Stephen Greenhorn, Hilary Fannin And Abi Morgan

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Paines Plough

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Methuen Drama    978-0413732705

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Play/Drama

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Sunshine On Leith

Synopsis:
Follow the highs and lows of ally and his friend Davy as they return home to Leith from the army. Families, friendships and life are not all plain sailing in this funny and moving story about love and life.

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featuring the songs of the Proclaimers

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Dundee rep ensemble

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Genre:
Musical

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Tracks Of The Winter Bear

Synopsis:
A forest in winter. A city at night. The first fall of snow. Where do the tracks lead? What waits in the dark? Two plays. One inspiration. A seasonal tale of lovers, loners and carnivores.

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written by Rona Munro and Stephen Greenhorn

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two short plays

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