The Common Pursuit
| The Common Pursuit | |
|---|---|
| at the Phoenix Theatre, 1988 | |
| Written by | Simon Gray | 
| Date premiered | 3 July 1984 | 
| Place premiered | The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London | 
| Original language | English | 
| Genre | Drama | 
| Setting | Cambridge and London, | 
| Official site | |
The Common Pursuit is a play by Simon Gray which follows the lives of six characters who first meet as undergraduates at Cambridge University when they are involved in setting up a literary magazine called The Common Pursuit. The title is an allusion to F. R. Leavis's 1952 collection of essays Scrutiny: The Common Pursuit.