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The longest roles in Shakespeare's plays by the number of lines each are:
- Hamlet (1495)
- Richard III (1171)
- Iago (1098)
- Henry V (1028)
- Coriolanus (897)
- Othello (887)
- Timon (865)
- Vincentio (852)
- Antony in Antony and Cleopatra (851)
- Lear (758)
The biggest roles in Shakespeare's plays based on the percentage of lines spoken by the character of all the lines in the play are as follows:
- Hamlet (37%)
- Timon (34%)
- King Henry V (32%)
- Richard III (31%)
- Iago (31%)
- Vincentio (30%)
- Prospero (30%)
- Macbeth (29%)
- Edward III (29%)
- Titus Andronicus (28%)
If you don't accept Edward III as a play by Shakespeare, the next in line is Brutus in Julius Caesar (28%)
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