How many lines does Cassius have in Julius Caesar?

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

Cassius has about 509 lines in Julius Caesar: 3,721 words in 139 speeches, 19.5% of the play, and the second-largest part. The role speaks in 8 of the 18 scenes, and its longest wait is 3 scenes in a row without a line.

Cassius is the second-largest part, about a fifth of the words, and half of it comes in the first act, where he works on Brutus in Act 1, Scene 2 and stirs up Casca in the storm. He then sits out the funeral and returns for the quarrel with Brutus in Act 4, Scene 3. He dies in Act 5, Scene 3, before the final battle is over.

Lines: 509
Words: 3,721
Share of play: 19.5%
Speech time: 27 min

92% of the words are verse. 139 speeches means about 139 cues to learn.

Scene by scene

Scene	Words	Minutes
Act 1, Scene 2	1,132	8.1
Act 1, Scene 3	729	5.2
Act 2, Scene 1	259	1.9
Act 3, Scene 1	327	2.3
Act 4, Scene 2	36	0.3
Act 4, Scene 3	649	4.6
Act 5, Scene 1	341	2.4
Act 5, Scene 3	248	1.8

The longest speeches

Speech	Scene	Words
“I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,”	Act 1, Scene 2	350
“Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world”	Act 1, Scene 2	231
“You are dull, Casca, and those sparks of life”	Act 1, Scene 3	166
“Messala,”	Act 5, Scene 1	138
“I will do so: till then, think of the world.”	Act 1, Scene 2	129
“Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come,”	Act 4, Scene 3	119
“Come down, behold no more.”	Act 5, Scene 3	108
“And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?”	Act 1, Scene 3	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	51
3 weeks	34
4 weeks	26
6 weeks	17

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