Shakespeare's plays, listed by number of speeches

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MISANTHROPOS - The Life of Timon of Athens – [ Official Website ]
Adapted by Maximianno Cobra, from Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens", the film exposes the timeless challenge of social hypocrisy, disillusion and annihilation against the poetics of friendship, love, and beauty.

A Shakespeare Network co-production.

Total speeches in all plays: 34,896
Total plays: 38
Average per play: 918

Note: A "speech" consists of either words spoken by a character, or a stage direction — anything from a one-word shout to a long soliloquy.

Speeches	Words	Play	Genre	Year
1,361	24,905	Antony and Cleopatra	Tragedy	1606
1,309	26,450	The Tragedy of Othello; or, The Moor of Venice	Tragedy	1603-4
1,301	26,089	Troilus and Cressida	Tragedy	1602
1,250	30,557	The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	Tragedy	1600-1
1,240	27,589	The Tragedy of Coriolanus	Tragedy	1608
1,224	29,278	History of Richard III	History	1592-3
1,181	26,145	The Tragedy of King Lear	Tragedy	1610
1,163	21,845	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Comedy	1597-8
1,123	21,459	Love's Labour's Lost	Comedy	1594-5
1,062	21,157	Much Ado About Nothing	Comedy	1598-9
1,034	23,009	All's Well That Ends Well	Comedy	1606-7
1,031	19,837	Twelfth Night; or, What You Will	Comedy	1601
990	24,553	The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet	Tragedy	1595
987	21,780	Measure for Measure	Comedy	1603-4
987	25,689	History of Henry IV, Part II	History	1597-8
979	27,565	Cymbeline, King of Britain	Tragedy	1610-11
965	21,055	The Taming of the Shrew	Comedy	1590-1
949	24,294	History of Henry VI, Part III	History	1590-2
943	17,129	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Comedy	1589-91
921	25,439	History of Henry VI, Part II	History	1591
895	19,703	The Tragedy of Julius Caesar	Tragedy	1599
884	24,579	History of Henry IV, Part I	History	1596-7
872	21,690	As You Like It	Comedy	1599-1600
870	18,216	The Tragedy of Timon of Athens	Tragedy	1606
853	26,119	History of Henry V	History	1598-9
814	24,914	The Winter's Tale	Comedy	1609-10
788	24,629	History of Henry VIII	History	1613
787	21,607	History of Henry VI, Part I	History	1592
765	17,121	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Tragedy	1606
756	18,529	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	History	1607
722	21,291	The Merchant of Venice	Comedy	1596-7
702	16,633	The Tempest	Comedy	1610-11
664	14,701	The Comedy of Errors	Comedy	1592-4
662	20,743	Titus Andronicus	Tragedy	1592
636	22,423	History of Richard II	History	1595
621	20,772	History of King John	History	1596
605	16,511	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Comedy	1595
0	0	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Tragedy	1613

Shakespeare's plays, listed by number of speeches

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