Most lines by one character in a Shakespeare play
- Who
- Hamlet (William Shakespeare play)
- What
- 1,495 total number
- Where
- Not Applicable
- When
- 1599
The most verbose character in all of William Shakespeare's plays is Hamlet, whose procrastination over whether to avenge his father's death is explored across 1,495 lines of rumination over mortality and the human condition. This is longer than the entire text of some of Shakespeare's comedies.
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