Shakespeare's plays,
listed by speech count

List plays by genre title word count date

Total speeches in all plays: 34,895
Total plays: 37
Average per play: 943

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	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
989	Romeo and Juliet	Tragedy
987	Henry IV, Part II	History
987	Measure for Measure	Comedy
979	Cymbeline	Tragedy
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