Many commentators
have found this, and the fact that the rest of his estate was left
to his daughter Susanna, extraordinarily scandalous, and have suggested
a lack of love between the two.
While this is
of course possible, it need not be construed so. Widows of the wealthy
were automatically, generously, taken care of, and the second-best
bed was probably the one the couple shared; the best bed being saved
for visitors.
Shakespeare was
buried in Holy Trinity church, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 25th Apri11616.
Above his tomb is an inscription, said to be composed by Shakespeare
himself:
