BBC R3 - Nick Dear's 'The Art Of Success'
First performed by the RSC in 1986
Directed by Richard Wortley
Broadcast July 21, 1991
Coded from tape at 128/44.1

BBC Blurb
The life, scabrous times and scatological imagination of the
newly wed 18th-century artist and engraver William Hogarth,
as he mingles with playwrights, prostitutes, politicians and
a condemned murderess.
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A bit coarse at times, but Henry Fielding's journal shows that
much of this detail is factual. So is Hogarth's explanation of
his working methods and the visual clues he used to indicate
sounds and smells.

Cast
Michael Kitchen - William Hogarth
Robin Weaver - Jane Hogarth
Linus Roach - Henry Fielding
Penny Downie - Sarah Sprackling
Irene Sutcliffe - Mrs. Needham
Simon Russell Beal - Oliver
Louisa - Sally Dexter
Gaoler - Brett Usher
Frank - Brett Usher
Queen Caroline - Anne Windsor
Robert Walpole - Ronald Herdman
The Drama Girl - Jane Whittenshaw