It's a sign of how bad this is that after 20 minutes I was reading reviews to see if others shared the same opinion as me. And it turns out that they do. It seems that the director is in the habit of blooding new first time actors in his work. There's plenty on show here and the acting is as you would expect - pretty poor. Added to that there were too many 21st century stylings in the production to allow yourself to truly be transported to the 18th century. Not least the lead actor's eyebrows. Surely no one in 1760s Yorkshire had enough time on their hands to manicure their eyebrows. The dialogue is pretty poor too.
Review of The Gallows Pole
