The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eighth: About the Play
Introduction
THE PROLOGUE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
About the Play
Line counts
Word Frequency
Feedback
Search:
All the plays
Hamlet
Coriolanus
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Richard II
Richard III
Titus Andronicus
Antony and Cleopatra
Timon of Athens
Henry IV Part 1
Henry IV Part 2
Henry the Fifth
Henry VI Part 1
Henry VI Part 2
Henry VI Part 3
Henry VIII
King John
Pericles
Troilus and Cressida
All's Well...
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Cymbeline
A Midsummer...
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merry Wives...
Much Ado about Nothing
The Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night
The Taming of...
The Tempest
The Two Gentlemen...
The Winter's Tale
for:
Line counts
The following table shows the number of lines spoken by each character. These numbers should not be considered authoritative.
KING HENRY VIII:
461
CARDINAL WOLSEY:
439
QUEEN KATHARINE:
277
NORFOLK:
212
BUCKINGHAM:
192
Chamberlain:
151
CRANMER:
136
KATHARINE:
114
First Gentleman:
107
SUFFOLK:
93
GARDINER:
92
Second Gentleman:
87
SURREY:
82
LOVELL:
68
Old Lady:
64
Surveyor:
61
GRIFFITH:
59
ANNE:
58
Third Gentleman:
57
CARDINAL CAMPEIUS:
53
CROMWELL:
49
SANDS:
48
Man:
41
Porter:
36
Chancellor:
32
ABERGAVENNY:
18
BRANDON:
14
CAPUCIUS:
11
GUILDFORD:
9
DOCTOR BUTTS:
9
LINCOLN:
8
Keeper:
7
PATIENCE:
6
Sergeant:
5
DENNY:
4
Servant:
4
Gentleman:
4
VAUX:
4
Messenger:
4
Old Lady::
4
Garter:
3
Crier:
3
First Secretary:
2
Scribe:
2
Boy:
1
Both:
1
All:
1
Return to top of page ...