Paul Morris (born 1958) is a

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and

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, born in

Uddingston Uddingston (, ) is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the north side of the River Clyde, south-east of Glasgow city centre, and acts as a dormitory suburb for the city. Geography and boundaries Uddingston is located to t ...

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. His early original plays in Scottish theatre include ''Three Wee Kings'', ''Stef, Crabs and Wilsy'' and ''Transformer'', a reworking of

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's ''

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''. More recently, he has co-written and directed a low-budget comedy feature titled
Siamese Cop
' (''Two Cops One Jacket''), co-written the animated feature ''Duck Ugly'' produced by

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, and written an original screenplay,
Partiendo Atomos
', set in

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and directed by John Dickinson. In 2011 his first novel, ''Pa Weathery's Chickens'', was published by Night Publishing.

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