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[[William Shakespeare]] wrote 17 comedies, 10 tragedies, and 10 historical plays,  The length of Shakespeare's plays range from 1785 lines for ''The Comedy of Errors'' to 4030 lines for ''Hamlet''.<ref>http://www.stagemilk.com/length-of-shakespeare-plays/</ref>  Generally 1000 lines corresponds to about 1 hour of performance time.  There are a total of 884,421 words in the 43 works authored by Shakespeare.  He also wrote poems (30,909 words) and sonnets (17,515 words).<ref>http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/stats/</ref>

[[William Shakespeare]] wrote 17 comedies, 10 tragedies, and 10 historical plays,  The length of Shakespeare's plays range from 1785 lines for ''The Comedy of Errors'' to 4030 lines for ''Hamlet''.<ref>http://www.stagemilk.com/length-of-shakespeare-plays/</ref>  Generally 1000 lines corresponds to about 1 hour of performance time.  There are a total of 884,421 words in the 43 works authored by Shakespeare, including his poems (30,909 words) and sonnets (17,515 words).<ref>http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/stats/</ref>

Among Shakespeare's plays, ''Hamlet'' has the most words (30,557), while ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' has only 16,511 words.

Among Shakespeare's plays, ''Hamlet'' has the most words (30,557), while ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' has only 16,511 words.