Steve J. Spears

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 Australias 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