The Common Pursuit - A Play

by Simon Gray

Book Overview

A very English modern play, reeking of real tragedy, real humour and real life. The Common Pursuit chronicles the erosion of the ambitions of a smug, elitist group of Cambridge frien's. Stuart is editor of a literary magazine and the pursuit of excellence is shown to be economically a bad proposition in this world. The magazine collapses and the characters' fates vary as the play proceeds. An ironic epilogue returns to the early days in Cambridge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573016968
• ISBN13: 9780573016967
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Samuel French
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"