Common Pursuit

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.

Cast

Kevin McNally

Stella Gonet

Tim Roth

Stephen Fry

Andrew McCarthy

James Fleet

Ian Bannen

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