As Writer
Those Dear Departed
1987
4.0
Steve J. Spears
Acting
Birth Date
January 22, 1951
Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date of Death
October 16, 2007
Biography
Steven John Peter Spears (22 January 1951 – 16 October 2007) was an Australian playwright, actor, writer and singer. His most famous work was The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (1976). He was cited as "one of Australia's most celebrated playwrights". Spears studied law at the University of Adelaide, but through writing and performing student revues, was distracted into a career in the theatre. Spears died in Aldinga, South Australia, from brain cancer in 2007. He was 56.
