Background
Shaw was born in Ravensworth in the North Riding of Yorkshire. His father Cuthbert Shaw was a shoemaker.
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He attended the local grammar school at Kirby Hill where he paid his way by serving as an usher.
Career
He then was usher at then at Darlington grammar school. Shaw joined a company of actors in the eastern counties. In 1760, under the name of Smith, he appeared in Samuel Foote"s comedy of The Minor, relying on his good looks, which were prematurely dulled by his excesses.
On 19 October 1761 he was Osman in Zara at Covent Garden, and on 14 May 1762 Pierre in Venice Preserv"d, for his own benefit.
This seems to have been his last appearance on the stage. He himself died, amid many troubles, at his house in Titchfield Street, Oxford Market, on 1 September 1771.
