How many lines does Cleopatra have in Antony and Cleopatra?

The size of the part, every scene it speaks in, its longest speeches, and how long it takes to learn.

The Offbook team

Oct 8, 2026

Cleopatra has about 675 lines in Antony and Cleopatra: 4,682 words in 204 speeches, 19.8% of the play, and the second-largest part. The role speaks in 16 of the 42 scenes, and its longest wait is 4 scenes in a row without a line.

Cleopatra is the second-largest part, about a fifth of the play, and its heaviest load comes last: Act 5, Scene 2, her final scene, holds nearly a third of her words. Before that come the volatile early scenes, the messenger scene in Act 2, Scene 5, and Antony’s death in Act 4, Scene 15. Almost all of it is verse.

Lines: 675
Words: 4,682
Share of play: 19.8%
Speech time: 33 min

90% of the words are verse. 204 speeches means about 204 cues to learn.

Scene by scene

Scene	Words	Minutes
Act 1, Scene 1	144	1.0
Act 1, Scene 2	41	0.3
Act 1, Scene 3	515	3.7
Act 1, Scene 5	407	2.9
Act 2, Scene 5	788	5.6
Act 3, Scene 3	229	1.6
Act 3, Scene 7	99	0.7
Act 3, Scene 11	35	0.3
Act 3, Scene 13	274	2.0
Act 4, Scene 2	7	0.1
Act 4, Scene 4	47	0.3
Act 4, Scene 8	28	0.2
Act 4, Scene 12	8	0.1
Act 4, Scene 13	59	0.4
Act 4, Scene 15	511	3.6
Act 5, Scene 2	1,490	10.6

The longest speeches

Speech	Scene	Words
“No more, but e’en a woman, and commanded”	Act 4, Scene 15	159
“Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have”	Act 5, Scene 2	157
“O Charmian,”	Act 1, Scene 5	133
“O Caesar, what a wounding shame is this,”	Act 5, Scene 2	128
“Sir, I will eat no meat, I’ll not drink, sir;”	Act 5, Scene 2	109
“I am paid for’t now.”	Act 2, Scene 5	95
“His legs bestrid the ocean: his rear’d arm”	Act 5, Scene 2	87
“Noblest of men, woo’t die?”	Act 4, Scene 15	77

How many lines a day to learn

New lines a day to be off book in time, learning five days a week. Review what you already know on the other days.

Time until off book	New lines a day
2 weeks	68
3 weeks	45
4 weeks	34
6 weeks	23

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