Shakespeare's plays,
listed by number of lines

List plays by genre alphabetically by date

Total lines in all plays: 34,896
Total plays: 37
Average per play: 943

Note:
A "line" is either words spoken by a character, or
a stage direction — anything from a one-word shout
to a full soliloquy.

Lines		Play		Genre

1,361		Antony and Cleopatra		Tragedy
1,309		Othello		Tragedy
1,301		Troilus and Cressida		Tragedy
1,250		Hamlet		Tragedy
1,240		Coriolanus		Tragedy
1,224		Richard III		History
1,181		King Lear		Tragedy
1,163		Merry Wives of Windsor		Comedy
1,123		Love's Labour's Lost		Comedy
1,062		Much Ado about Nothing		Comedy
1,034		All's Well That Ends Well		Comedy
1,031		Twelfth Night		Comedy
990		Romeo and Juliet		Tragedy
987		Henry IV, Part II		History
987		Measure for Measure		Comedy
979		Cymbeline		History
965		Taming of the Shrew		Comedy
949		Henry VI, Part III		History
943		Two Gentlemen of Verona		Comedy
921		Henry VI, Part II		History
895		Julius Caesar		Tragedy
884		Henry IV, Part I		History
872		As You Like It		Comedy
870		Timon of Athens		Tragedy
853		Henry V		History
814		Winter's Tale		Comedy
788		Henry VIII		History
787		Henry VI, Part I		History
765		Macbeth		Tragedy
756		Pericles		History
722		Merchant of Venice		Comedy
702		Tempest		Comedy
664		Comedy of Errors		Comedy
662		Titus Andronicus		Tragedy
636		Richard II		History
621		King John		History
605		Midsummer Night's Dream		Comedy

List plays by genre alphabetically by date

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