Peck - Bonnie & Clyde

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First published in 2011 by Oberon Books Ltd
Electronic edition published in 2012

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Copyright Adam Peck 2010

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Excerpt on page 15 is reproduced from Timothy Egans The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (Houghton Mifflin, 2006).

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

PB ISBN: 978-1-84943-123-1
EPUB ISBN: 978-1-84943-271-9

Cover image: Andreas Gradin / istockphoto.com

Printed, bound and converted in Great Britain by CPI Group
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AUTHORS NOTES

A shift. indicates a shift in mode, mood, space, time etc. It should be interpreted as you see fit.

Bonnie and Clyde have Texan accents. To this end:

• the letter g has been omitted from most words normally ending in ing.
• the word of has been replaced by the letter a, in some instances as a suffix, in others as a separate word.
• the word you appears in the script as both you and ya depending on the context.

However, pronunciation of all words should be as you see fit.

I have tried to apostrophise as few words as possible to facilitate reading/performance.

I am hugely indebted to Jeff Guinn for his excellent biography of
Bonnie and Clyde, Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie
and Clyde it was an invaluable resource to both myself and the
creative team behind the original production.

With thanks to Morgan Matthews, Ali Robertson, Emma
Stenning, Mary and Geoff Peck, Kate Yedigaroff, Sharon Clark,
and all at Tobacco Factory Theatre.

With special thanks to the people who were involved in the
workshops and discussions that took place before and during the
writing process you know who you are.