Friday, April 6, 2012

Artifact #10

Drury Lane. The place where I performed in plays such as As You Like It and Provoked Wife.


George Shepherd. Theatre Royal Drury Lane. 1812. Etching. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.andreas-praefcke.de/carthalia/uk/uk_london_drurylane.htm>.

Artifact #9


William Shakespeare. An amazing man who wrote many plays that i have acted in.

John Taylor. William Shakespeare. 1856. oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw11574/William-Shakespeare?LinkID=mp04051&search=sas&sText=william shakespeare&OConly=true&role=sit&rNo=0>.

Artifact #8


My hometown. London, England.


Jason Hawkes. The River Thames, featuring Tower Bridge. 2012. Photograph. Jasonhawkes.com, London,Enlgand. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/london_from_above_at_night.html>.

Artifact #7


Theatre Royal, Drury Lane is where i performed early in my career.

Isaac Taylor. Dury Lane Theatre. 1804. engraving. Centre for Performance History, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.cph.rcm.ac.uk/Virtual Exhibitions/Music in English Theatre/Pages/Caption5.htm>.

Artifact #6


David Garrick, my mentor and the man who was behind my more popular roles early in my career.

Joshua Reynolds. David-Garrick. 1767. oil on canvas. The Royal Collection, London, England. http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/joshua-reynolds/david-garrick

Artifact #5


A rather handsome portrait of myself.

Philip Dawe, and William Darling. Edward Shuter. 1773. Portrait. National Portrait Gallery, London, England. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw38516/Edward-Shuter>.

Artifact #4


My performance in She Stoops to Conquer portraying the part of Mr.Hardcastle.


Oliver Godsmith. Thomas Parkinson - Edward Shuter As Mr. Hardcastle. 1774. oil on canvas. n.p. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.arcadja.com/auctions/en/parkinson_thomas/artist/341432/>.

Artifact #3


My performance in Henry IV Part 2 portraying the part as Falstaff.

J. Parkinson. Edward Shuter as Falstaff in "Henry IV Part 2". 1776. Engraving. n.p. Web. 6 Apr 2012. <http://www.profimedia.si/picture/edward-shuter-as-falstaff-in-henry-iv/0076337787/>.

Artifact #2


Another performance in Love in a Village.

John Finlayson. "Edward Shuter in "Love in a Village" 1768 . 1768. Print. Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery William Hunter Collections, University of Glasgow . http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx?collection=hunter&searchTerm=9197&mdaCode=GLAHA&browseMode=on

Artifact #1

My performance in Love in a Village portraying Justice Woodcock.

Robert Sayer. Mr. Shuter in the Justice Woodcock in Love in a Village Act I. Scene 6th..   1769. Engraving. n.p. Web. 6 Apr 2012. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1138899/print-mr-shuter-in-the-justice/?print=1.