A complete list of the plays in order of length.
A complete list of all the plays in order, from longest to shortest. Shakespeare is usually spoken at the rate of 1000 lines per hour so you can get a rough estimate how long each play is in performance.
| Play | Number of lines |
| Hamlet | 4024 |
| Coriolanus | 3824 |
| Cymbeline | 3753 |
| Richard III | 3718 |
| Antony and Cleopatra | 3573 |
| Othello | 3560 |
| King Lear | 3499 |
| Troilus and Cressida | 3486 |
| Winter's Tale | 3362 |
| Henry IV, Part II | 3255 |
| Henry VIII | 3239 |
| Henry V | 3227 |
| Two Noble Kinsmen | 3220 |
| Henry VI, Part II | 3125 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 3093 |
| Henry IV, Part I | 3041 |
| Henry VI, Part III | 2932 |
| All's Well That Ends Well | 2927 |
| Measure for Measure | 2839 |
| Richard II | 2803 |
| Love's Labour's Lost | 2758 |
| Henry VI, Part I | 2702 |
| As You Like It | 2670 |
| Merchant of Venice | 2662 |
| King John | 2648 |
| Taming of the Shrew | 2641 |
| Julius Caesar | 2636 |
| Merry Wives of Windsor | 2612 |
| Edward III | 2605 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 2581 |
| Titus Andronicus | 2558 |
| Timon of Athens | 2512 |
| Twelfth Night | 2482 |
| Macbeth | 2477 |
| Pericles | 2464 |
| Tempest | 2275 |
| Two Gentlemen of Verona | 2233 |
| Midsummer Night's Dream | 2165 |
| Comedy of Errors | 1786 |
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