He and Marigold are very much in love, Nick is determined to become a theatre critic, Humphry wants to be a philosophy professor, Martin is set on a career in publishing and Peter only seems interested in chasing women.

[2] In July, the cast changed to James Wilby, Patrick Barlow and Jason Carter with Sarah Berger, Paul Mooney and John Gordon Sinclair.

[4] The original cast included: Simon Gray adapted The Common Pursuit for the BBC's Screen Two series, which was broadcast on 8 March 1992, with Kevin McNally, Tim Roth, Stella Gonet, Andrew McCarthy, Stephen Fry and James Fleet.

[6] In a review for The Daily Telegraph of a production of The Common Pursuit at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London in 2008, Charles Spencer wrote: This is a play that delivers an unexpected depth charge of emotion.

Simon Gray's writing is sharp, funny and clever, and, more than 20 years after the piece's premiere, the dramatist's assumption of intelligence and cultural knowledge on the part of his audience seems breathtakingly daring.