Average words per speech

Avg. words per speech	Play	Word Count	Speech Count	Genre
35.26	Richard II	22,423	636	History
33.45	King John	20,772	621	History
31.33	Titus Andronicus	20,743	662	Tragedy
31.26	Henry VIII	24,629	788	History
30.62	Henry V	26,119	853	History
30.61	Winter's Tale	24,914	814	Comedy
29.49	Merchant of Venice	21,291	722	Comedy
28.16	Cymbeline	27,565	979	Tragedy
27.80	Henry IV, Part I	24,579	884	History
27.62	Henry VI, Part II	25,439	921	History
27.45	Henry VI, Part I	21,607	787	History
27.29	Midsummer Night's Dream	16,511	605	Comedy
26.03	Henry IV, Part II	25,689	987	History
25.60	Henry VI, Part III	24,294	949	History
24.87	As You Like It	21,690	872	Comedy
24.82	Romeo and Juliet	24,545	989	Tragedy
24.51	Pericles	18,529	756	History
24.45	Hamlet	30,557	1,250	Tragedy
23.92	Richard III	29,278	1,224	History
23.69	Tempest	16,633	702	Comedy
22.38	Macbeth	17,121	765	Tragedy
22.25	All's Well That Ends Well	23,009	1,034	Comedy
22.25	Coriolanus	27,589	1,240	Tragedy
22.14	Comedy of Errors	14,701	664	Comedy
22.14	King Lear	26,145	1,181	Tragedy
22.07	Measure for Measure	21,780	987	Comedy
22.01	Julius Caesar	19,703	895	Tragedy
21.82	Taming of the Shrew	21,055	965	Comedy
20.94	Timon of Athens	18,216	870	Tragedy
20.21	Othello	26,450	1,309	Tragedy
20.05	Troilus and Cressida	26,089	1,301	Tragedy
19.92	Much Ado about Nothing	21,157	1,062	Comedy
19.24	Twelfth Night	19,837	1,031	Comedy
19.11	Love's Labour's Lost	21,459	1,123	Comedy
18.78	Merry Wives of Windsor	21,845	1,163	Comedy
18.30	Antony and Cleopatra	24,905	1,361	Tragedy
18.16	Two Gentlemen of Verona	17,129	943	Comedy

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