How many lines does Rosalind have in As You Like It?

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

Rosalind has about 682 lines in As You Like It: 5,693 words in 201 speeches, 26.9% of the play, and the largest part. The role speaks in 11 of the 23 scenes, and its longest wait is 4 scenes in a row without a line.

Rosalind is the largest part in As You Like It, more than a quarter of the words, and most of it is quick prose. Her weight sits in Act 3, Scene 2 and Act 4, Scene 1, the long forest scenes with Orlando while she is disguised as Ganymede. She also scolds Phebe in her longest speech and speaks the Epilogue.

Lines: 682
Words: 5,693
Share of play: 26.9%
Speech time: 41 min

22% of the words are verse. 201 speeches means about 201 cues to learn.

Scene by scene

Scene	Words	Minutes
Act 1, Scene 2	406	2.9
Act 1, Scene 3	399	2.9
Act 2, Scene 4	191	1.4
Act 3, Scene 2	1,440	10.3
Act 3, Scene 4	152	1.1
Act 3, Scene 5	369	2.6
Act 4, Scene 1	1,217	8.7
Act 4, Scene 3	541	3.9
Act 5, Scene 2	573	4.1
Act 5, Scene 4	178	1.3
Epilogue	227	1.6

The longest speeches

Speech	Scene	Words
“And why, I pray you? Who might be your mother,”	Act 3, Scene 5	252
“It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue…”	Epilogue	227
“I will weary you then no longer with idle talking.…”	Act 5, Scene 2	175
“Yes, one, and in this manner. He was to imagine me…”	Act 3, Scene 2	166
“No, faith, die by attorney. The poor world is almo…”	Act 4, Scene 1	140
“Why, thy godhead laid apart, Warr’st thou with a w…”	Act 4, Scene 3	129
“O, I know where you are: nay, ’tis true: there was…”	Act 5, Scene 2	116
“Pray you, no more of this; ’tis like the howling o…”	Act 5, Scene 2	107

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	69
3 weeks	46
4 weeks	35
6 weeks	23

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