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).
[1] Spears was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1951 and, after his parents separated when he was very young,[2] grew up with relatives in the suburb of Mile End.
[3] He studied law at the University of Adelaide, but through writing and performing student revues, was distracted into a career in the theatre.
[4] Spears died in Aldinga, South Australia, from brain cancer in 2007.