Mad as Hell is the story of little known Eletha Barrett (Vanessa Donovan), a Jamaican woman who was married to film star Peter Finch (Stephen Hogan), for his final 12 years.
‘Makes for a compelling story’: MAD AS HELL – Jermyn Street Theatre ★★★★
Mad As Hell at Jermyn Street Theatre is an excellent new play that unearths the story of Peter Finch and Eletha Barrett, and the obstacles they faced during their time together.
‘Intimate & sensitive’: MAD AS HELL – Jermyn Street Theatre
Mad as Hell‘s greatest insight and piece of biographical excavation is that Peter Finch needed to feel his wife Eletha Barrett’s absence to hit the mark of the tortured mad preacher of Paddy Chayefsky’s Network.