How did David Garrick and Henry Fielding share William Hogarth’s interest in naturalism?

The actor-manager David Garrick and the writer Henry Fielding shared William Hogarth’s enthusiasm for honest naturalism in art.1

This shared interest was rooted in a mutual desire to extract entertaining and instructive incidents from everyday life. Just as Hogarth sought to capture the vitality of contemporary society through his narrative paintings and engravings—often ridiculing social follies while painting an obvious moral—Garrick and Fielding were similarly committed to representing life with authenticity and immediacy.1

Garrick, in particular, was instrumental in bringing a naturalistic style to the English stage, moving away from the "pompous recitative and stately attitudinizing" that had previously dominated theatrical tradition. By focusing on direct observation and the expressive realities of human behavior, these three figures collectively championed a creative approach that prioritized the honest depiction of the world over rigid, formal conventions.231