The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 26.387 Monday, 31 August 2015
From: Jack Heller <
Date: August 29, 2015 at 8:06:09 PM EDT
Subject: Speeches of Female Characters
Colleagues,
I’ve been asked recently what are the longest uninterrupted speeches by female characters in Shakespeare. I have not been able to find any statistics of this sort. From my scanning, it seems that Kate has the longest speech of any female characters in the comedies, Margaret in the histories, and Volumnia in the tragedies. By I am not sure of this is accurate, and I wouldn’t mind finding something like a top 10 list. Has anyone done this kind of chart before?
Jack Heller