Borstal Boy A Punk Opera (Draft)

Borstal Boy is a Punk Rock Opera telling the true story of David Clarke originally told in his book, “Converted on LSD Trip”.

It tells the story of two brothers, Michael and David Clarke, who grew up in Aylesbury in the 60’s. They were Mods but Michael spent two spells in Oxford Detention Centre and then Rochester Borstal.

David lived in the light and fame of his brothers notoriety with the Aylesbury Mods.

On Michael’s release from Borstal they teamed up together and were soon sent to prison for malicious wounding and carrying a fire arm without a license. Michael was sent to Maidstone Prison and David to Dover Borstal.

On leaving Dover Borstal in 1968 Dave had a three year career of undetected crime until he was arrested but not by the police. He had a bad experience on LSD on the 16th January 1970 and called out to God for help. As a result he became Christian and turned from his life of crime, overnight and went on the straight and narrow.

David learned to read, as he was virtually illiterate when he left school, educated himself, went on to Higher Education and became lecturer and taught electronics of over 20 years, in colleges of Higher and Further Education. He joined the Bierton Strict and Particular Baptist Church, became a baptist minister in 1982 and preached the gospel in many churches in England.

His brother Michael however was unaffected and continued his flamboyant and criminal life style and ended up in prison, in the Philippines, 25 years later, serving a 16 year prison sentence, where he died of tuberculosis.

The story is told using punk rock classic music performed live. This is written to tell the good that has come out of David's work in visiting Michael in prison and assisting in the reformation of many other convicted criminals and for prison inmates in in the UK order to asset them in their rehabilitation.

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