<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - USpurling waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengombhali wemidlalo yaseshashalazini eneminyaka eyishumi nambili lapho eqala ukuhlangana nemidlalo kaShakespeare eSikoleni SeDragon futhi wabhala ucezu oluhlekisayo, olwenziwa abanye abafundi bakhe, mayelana nokuhlasela kukaJulius Caesar eBrithani  <response>: . futhi. Ngo-1956 wabhala futhi waqondisa i-Christmas pantomime yebutho lakhe eJalimane kwathi ngo-1958 ihlaya lakhe likaPirandellian elithi Char. ladlalwa ngumfundi u-ETC Experimental Theatre Company e-Oxford Playhouse. Ngemuva kokudlala umdlalo wakhe uGerald ngeSonto ebusuku ngabalingisi abangochwepheshe abaqondiswe nguMichael Denison eDuke of Yorks Theatre, uSpurling wanikezwa isibonelelo seminyaka emibili yiqembu labaphathi beWest End futhi wabhala MacRunes Guevara, mayelana noChe Guevara osanda kushona, owenziwa ngo-1969 yiNational Theatre futhi kamuva emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Izihloko ezahlukahlukene zemidlalo yakhe yakamuva zazihlanganisa u-Ovid, uSihlalo uMao nama-Aztec bonke emdlalweni owodwa; ukutholakala kweMelika; uMbuso WaseBrithani; uRacine; isazi sefilosofi esingumGreki uHypatia, owabulawa izindela ezingamaKristu; kanye nenguqulo ye-Arabian Nights kaSaddam Hussein. Wabhala nemidlalo yethelevishini nomsakazo. USpurling washicilela inoveli yakhe yokuqala ngo-1989 kwathi ngo-2015 imisebenzi yakhe ebhaliwe yayisifinyelele emidlalweni engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu embalwa eyayingakaqhutshwa, amanoveli amane, izincwadi ezimbili zokuhlaziya izincwadi kanye nencwadi yezinganekwane zamaGrikhi. 