Shakespeare's Words | Female characters ordered by part-size


	Female characters ordered by part-size

This table gives line and word counts for the female characters in the plays. The results can be shown in ascending or descending order by clicking on the red headword above each column.

Clicking on Speaker lists character names in alphabetical order.
Clicking on Play groups all characters of a play together, with plays in alphabetical order (ignoring 'A' and 'The').
Clicking on Lines gives the number of lines per character.

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Speaker	Play	Sex	Lines
ROSALIND	As You Like It	Female	685
CLEOPATRA	Antony and Cleopatra	Female	678
INNOGEN	Cymbeline	Female	594
PORTIA	The Merchant of Venice	Female	574
JULIET	Romeo and Juliet	Female	542
HELENA	All's Well That Ends Well	Female	478
ISABELLA	Measure for Measure	Female	424
DESDEMONA	Othello	Female	391
EMILIA	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	374
VIOLA	Twelfth Night	Female	335
PAULINA	The Winter's Tale	Female	332
MISTRESS PAGE	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Female	328
DAUGHTER	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	324
JULIA	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Female	322
QUEEN	Henry VI Part 2	Female	316
OLIVIA	Twelfth Night	Female	314
VOLUMNIA	Coriolanus	Female	311
CRESSIDA	Troilus and Cressida	Female	301
COUNTESS	All's Well That Ends Well	Female	291
PRINCESS	Love's Labour's Lost	Female	288
CELIA	As You Like It	Female	282
QUEEN	Henry VI Part 3	Female	279
BEATRICE	Much Ado About Nothing	Female	279
NURSE	Romeo and Juliet	Female	277
QUEEN ELIZABETH	Richard III	Female	272
CONSTANCE	King John	Female	264
ADRIANA	The Comedy of Errors	Female	263
QUEEN KATHERINE	Henry VIII	Female	261
LADY	Macbeth	Female	259
TAMORA	Titus Andronicus	Female	257
PUCELLE	Henry VI Part 1	Female	254
EMILIA	Othello	Female	243
MISTRESS QUICKLY	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Female	236
HELENA	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Female	230
KATHERINA	The Taming of the Shrew	Female	221
QUEEN MARGARET	Richard III	Female	218
COUNTESS	King Edward III	Female	214
HERMIONE	The Winter's Tale	Female	211
GONERILL	King Lear	Female	199
MISTRESS FORD	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Female	192
REGAN	King Lear	Female	190
MARINA	Pericles	Female	190
OPHELIA	Hamlet	Female	173
HOSTESS	Henry IV Part 2	Female	171
QUEEN	Cymbeline	Female	168
ROSALINE	Love's Labour's Lost	Female	165
HERMIA	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Female	164
QUEEN	Hamlet	Female	157
ANNE	Richard III	Female	157
MIRANDA	The Tempest	Female	153
MARIA	Twelfth Night	Female	149
DUCHESS OF YORK	Richard III	Female	141
TITANIA	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Female	141
DIANA	All's Well That Ends Well	Female	138
HERO	Much Ado About Nothing	Female	132
PERDITA	The Winter's Tale	Female	126
DUCHESS	Henry VI Part 2	Female	119
CORDELIA	King Lear	Female	117
LADY CAPULET	Romeo and Juliet	Female	115
QUEEN ISABEL	Richard II	Female	115
KATHERINE	Henry VIII	Female	115
CHARMIAN	Antony and Cleopatra	Female	109
BAWD	Pericles	Female	104
HIPPOLYTA	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	102
LUCIANA	The Comedy of Errors	Female	96
DUCHESS OF YORK	Richard II	Female	93
PORTIA	Julius Caesar	Female	92
NERISSA	The Merchant of Venice	Female	88
DIONYZA	Pericles	Female	88
JESSICA	The Merchant of Venice	Female	86
PHEBE	As You Like It	Female	86
THAISA	Pericles	Female	80
DOLL	Henry IV Part 2	Female	78
LADY GREY	Henry VI Part 3	Female	73
ABBESS	The Comedy of Errors	Female	73
LUCETTA	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Female	72
BIANCA	The Taming of the Shrew	Female	69
MARIANA	Measure for Measure	Female	68
MARGARET	Much Ado About Nothing	Female	68
OLD LADY	Henry VIII	Female	68
WIDOW	All's Well That Ends Well	Female	64
FIRST QUEEN	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	63
KATHERINE	Henry V	Female	61
FIRST WITCH	Macbeth	Female	61
LAVINIA	Titus Andronicus	Female	59
ANNE	Henry VIII	Female	58
DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER	Richard II	Female	58
LADY PERCY	Henry IV Part 1	Female	57
QUEEN ELEANOR	King John	Female	55
HOSTESS	Henry IV Part 1	Female	49
URSULA	Much Ado About Nothing	Female	47
KATHARINE	Love's Labour's Lost	Female	46
LADY PERCY	Henry IV Part 2	Female	46
COUNTESS	Henry VI Part 1	Female	45
MISTRESS QUICKLY as Queen of Fairies	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Female	44
HOSTESS	Henry V	Female	42
WIFE	Macbeth	Female	42
MARIA	Love's Labour's Lost	Female	42
BLANCHE	King John	Female	42
IRIS	The Tempest	Female	41
VALERIA	Coriolanus	Female	40
SECOND QUEEN	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	39
HECAT	Macbeth	Female	39
THIRD QUEEN	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	37
CASSANDRA	Troilus and Cressida	Female	37
MISTRESS OVERDONE	Measure for Measure	Female	36
VIRGILIA	Coriolanus	Female	36
OCTAVIA	Antony and Cleopatra	Female	36
COURTESAN	The Comedy of Errors	Female	35
BIANCA	Othello	Female	35
HIPPOLYTA	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Female	35
MARGARET	Henry VI Part 1	Female	33
ANNE	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Female	28
HELEN	Troilus and Cressida	Female	28
ALICE	Henry V	Female	28
THIRD WITCH	Macbeth	Female	27
CALPHURNIA	Julius Caesar	Female	27
SECOND WITCH	Macbeth	Female	26
IRAS	Antony and Cleopatra	Female	26
QUEEN ISABEL	Henry V	Female	24
CERES	The Tempest	Female	24
GENTLEWOMAN	Macbeth	Female	24
MOPSA	The Winter's Tale	Female	21
EMILIA	The Winter's Tale	Female	20
AUDREY	As You Like It	Female	20
MARIANA	All's Well That Ends Well	Female	20
NURSE	Titus Andronicus	Female	19
ALL WITCHES	Macbeth	Female	19
JAQUENETTA	Love's Labour's Lost	Female	18
QUEEN	King Edward III	Female	17
LADY FAULCONBRIDGE	King John	Female	15
ANDROMACHE	Troilus and Cressida	Female	15
WOMAN	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	14
QUEEN'S LADY	Cymbeline	Female	13
DORCAS	The Winter's Tale	Female	13
MOTHER	Cymbeline	Female	12
GENTLEWOMAN	Henry VIII	Female	12
WIDOW	The Taming of the Shrew	Female	11
LYCHORIDA	Pericles	Female	11
DIANA	Pericles	Female	10
JULIET	Measure for Measure	Female	10
FRANCISCA	Measure for Measure	Female	9
FIRST LADY	The Winter's Tale	Female	9
BONA	Henry VI Part 3	Female	9
WOMAN	King Edward III	Female	8
WIFE	Henry VI Part 2	Female	8
GHOST OF ANNE	Richard III	Female	8
LUCE	The Comedy of Errors	Female	8
JUNO	The Tempest	Female	7
PATIENCE	Henry VIII	Female	6
GIRL	Richard III	Female	5
LADY NORTHUMBERLAND	Henry IV Part 2	Female	5
PHRYNIA and TIMANDRA	Timon of Athens	Female	4
TIMANDRA	Timon of Athens	Female	4
JOURDAIN	Henry VI Part 2	Female	4
SECOND LADY	The Winter's Tale	Female	4
HOSTESS	The Taming of the Shrew	Female	4
HELENUS	Troilus and Cressida	Female	4
LADY MONTAGUE	Romeo and Juliet	Female	3
ALL QUEENS	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	3
FIRST LADY	Richard II	Female	3
SECOND LADY	Richard II	Female	3
DAUGHTER	Pericles	Female	2
GENTLEWOMAN	Coriolanus	Female	2
VIRGILIA and VALERIA	Coriolanus	Female	1
ALL THE LADIES	Timon of Athens	Female	1
FIRST LADY	Timon of Athens	Female	1
PHRYNIA	Timon of Athens	Female	1
NELL	The Two Noble Kinsmen	Female	1
QUEEN ELIZABETH and DUCHESS OF YORK	Richard III	Female	1
MISTRESS FORD and MISTRESS PAGE	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Female	1
WIDOW and MARIANA	All's Well That Ends Well	Female	1
FIRST LADY	Cymbeline	Female	1
LADIES	Cymbeline	Female	1