| − | [[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> | + | [[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 is 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. |