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).
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 [should 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).