Susanna shakespeare biography ppt

Susanna Hall (nee Shakespeare) was the elder of Shakespeare’s two daughters. She was baptised on 26th May 1583 at Holy Trinity church in Stratford upon Avon and died on 11th July 1649.

She married Dr John Hall in 1607. They had one child, Elizabeth.

Judith shakespeare biography

There are no descendants of William Shakespeare today.

When William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway were married Anne was pregnant. They named the child Susanna – a name that may have had a meaning related to that pre-marital pregnancy.

It’s the name the writer of the Book of Daniel in the Apocryphal Old Testament gave to the virginal young woman in the story in which two lecherous elders spy on her when she is bathing. Rejecting their advances, they accuse her of fornication.

She appeals to the judge, Daniel, who investigates, finds her innocent, and sentences the elders to death.

“Susanna” means “spotless” or “pure.” Naming her in that way might have been the Shakespeares’ way of diverting at