Edward Shuter

Shuter was born in London to poor parents.

He made his first appearance on the London stage in 1745 in Cibber's Schoolboy.

[1] He made a great reputation in old men's parts.

He was the original Justice Woodcock in Love in a Village (1762), Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer (1773), and Sir Anthony Absolute in The Rivals (1775).

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

Edward Shuter, illustration from a book by Alwin Thaler (1922)
Edward Shuter as Justice Woodcock in " Love in a Village " by Isaac Bickerstaffe ( Johann Zoffany , 1767)