1.   ...six scenes in the style of a classical Greek tragedy.

2.   The students are studying Greek tragedy.

3.   DARLINGTON people are to get the chance to reinterpret a Greek tragedy with the help of two acclaimed North-East dramatists.

4.   And the actors, as in Greek tragedy, seem to not be listening.

5.   As with most Greek tragedies, you assume the role of a detective, looking for clues after the fact.

6.   Atonal music backs up a chorus that, in the tradition of Greek tragedies, provides a running commentary on the action.

7.   Besides the obvious Oedipal incest theme, he sees other aspects of Greek tragedy in the book.

8.   Again, like a Greek tragedy, he was done in by a deadly mix of conspirators.

9.   All of this plays out with a detached literary quality, sort of John Cheever crossed with Greek tragedy.

10.   But they have been burdened with the wicked possibility of having family love turn, at any moment, toward Greek tragedy.