Luscombe brings the Globe a dose of slapstick, plain and simple.
Both touching and irreverent, this look at Henry VIII's era takes a much different path than Shakespeare's.
Elliott Levey comes out swinging his bloodthirsty sword as Robespierre.
The Globe manages to capture the gritty essence of Shakespeare's original attention and present it on a modern stage.
In what is not Andrew Lloyd Webber's best musical, the louder the emotions get on stage, the less they hit their mark in the audience.