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The top 20 characters in Shakespeare's works by total number of lines for each play.
| Role |
Play |
Role Lines |
| Hamlet |
Hamlet |
1495 |
| Richard |
Richard III |
1171 |
| Iago |
Othello |
1098 |
| King Henry V |
Henry V |
1028 |
| Coriolanus |
Coriolanus |
897 |
| Othello |
Othello |
887 |
| Timon |
Timon of Athens |
865 |
| Vicentio |
Measure for Measure |
852 |
| Mark Antony |
Antony and Cleopatra |
851 |
| King Lear |
King Lear |
758 |
| Richard II |
Richard II |
758 |
| Edward III |
Edward III |
749 |
| Marcus Brutus |
Julius Caesar |
728 |
| Titus Andronicus |
Titus Andronicus |
723 |
| Macbeth |
Macbeth |
719 |
| Leontes |
Winter's Tale |
692 |
| Cleopatra |
Antony and Cleopatra |
686 |
| Rosalind |
As You Like It |
677 |
| Prospero |
Tempest |
674 |
| Falstaff |
Henry IV, Part II |
637 |
The top 20 characters in Shakespeare's works by percentage of lines in comparison to total number of lines for each play.
| Role |
Play |
Role Percent |
| Hamlet |
Hamlet |
37% |
| Timon |
Timon of Athens |
34% |
| King Henry V |
Henry V |
32% |
| Richard |
Richard III |
31% |
| Iago |
Othello |
31% |
| Vicentio |
Measure for Measure |
30% |
| Prospero |
Tempest |
30% |
| Macbeth |
Macbeth |
29% |
| Edward III |
Edward III |
29% |
| Titus Andronicus |
Titus Andronicus |
28% |
| Marcus Brutus |
Julius Caesar |
28% |
| Richard II |
Richard II |
27% |
| Rosalind |
As You Like It |
25% |
| Pericles |
Pericles |
25% |
| Mark Antony |
Antony and Cleopatra |
24% |
| Coriolanus |
Coriolanus |
23% |
| Berowne |
Love's Labour's Lost |
22% |
| Petruchio |
Taming of the Shrew |
22% |
| Portia |
Merchant of Venice |
22% |
| King Lear |
King Lear |
22% |
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