Plays
Spears' theatrical works include:
- Africa: A Savage Musical (1974)
- People Keep Giving Me Things (1975)
- Roaring Boy (1975)
- There Were Giants In Those Days (1975)
- Young Mo (full title "The Resuscitation of the Little Prince Who Couldn't Laugh as Performed by Young Mo at the Height of the Great Depression of 1929") (1975), about the Australian comedian Roy "Mo" Rene
- The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin (1976), closely identified with the career of the actor Gordon Chater.
- When They Send Me Three and Fourpence (1976)
- The Death of George Reeves (1978)
- King Richard (1978)
- The Time of the Bodgie (1980)
- Froggie (1983)
- Glory (1988)
- Namatjira Park (1992)
- A Little Theatre (1995)
His final theatre work was The Dance Angelic (1995).
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