Edward Shuter (c. 1728–1776) was an

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Life

Shuter was born in

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to poor parents. He made his first appearance on the London stage in 1745 in

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's ''Schoolboy''. He made a great reputation in old men's parts. He was the original Justice Woodcock in '' Love in a Village'' (1762), Hardcastle in ''

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'' (1773), and Sir Anthony Absolute in ''

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'' (1775). He was buried in St. Paul's, Covent Garden.

Portraits

His portrait as Scapin is in the Mathews collection in the Garrick Club; another portrait by Zoffany was engraved by Finlayson.

References

Attribution: * *; Endnotes: **Genest's ''Account of the English Stage'' **Doran's ''Annals of the Stage'', ed. Lowe ** Davies's ''Dramatick Miscellanies'' ** Clark Russell's ''Representative Actors'' ** Dibdin's ''History of the Stage'' ** Boaden's ''Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons'', and ''Life of Mrs. Jordan'' ** O'Keeffe's ''Recollections'' ** ''Garrick Correspondence'' ** ''Dramatic Mirror'' ** ''Thespian Dict.'' ** ''Georgian Era'' ** ''The Dramatic History of Master Edward, Miss Ann, Mr. Llwhuddwhydd, and others, the extraordinaries of these times. Collected from Zaphaniel's original papers, illustrated with copper-plates, London, 1743'' hould be 1763 12mo, a scarce work by G. A. Stevens, in imitation of Sterne's style, was aimed particularly at Shuter and Nancy Dawson; it was several times reprinted (Brit. Mus. Cat. 1785 and 1786). 1728 births 1776 deaths English male stage actors 18th-century English male actors {{England-actor-stub