Shakespeare's plays, listed by number of words

Total words in all plays: 836,005
Total plays: 38
Average per play: 22,000

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.

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

Shakespeare's plays, listed by number of words

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