"William Hogarth, engraver, painter, satirist, man of his times, lies in his studio hovering in the territory between wakefulness and sleep.

He stands accused by his servants of using them as characters in his celebrated prints and paintings, in Marriage a la Mode, The Shrimp Girl, The Graham Children, Gin Lane, Sigismunda and Chairing The Member."

Sir Timothy Ackroyd performs leading art historian Brian Sewell's play "Hogarth the Compassionate Satirist".

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