How many lines does Adriana have in The Comedy of Errors?

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

Adriana has about 266 lines in The Comedy of Errors: 2,091 words in 79 speeches, 14.6% of the play, and the largest part. The role speaks in 6 of the 11 scenes, and its longest wait is 2 scenes in a row without a line.

Adriana is the largest part in The Comedy of Errors, but only about a seventh of the words, since the top three parts are almost equal. She enters in Act 2, and her longest speech, in Act 2, Scene 2, is a passionate rebuke delivered to the wrong twin. Her biggest scene is the long finale, where the Abbess scolds her for her jealousy.

Lines: 266
Words: 2,091
Share of play: 14.6%
Speech time: 15 min

84% of the words are verse. 79 speeches means about 79 cues to learn.

Scene by scene

Scene	Words	Minutes
Act 2, Scene 1	441	3.1
Act 2, Scene 2	501	3.6
Act 3, Scene 1	21	0.1
Act 4, Scene 2	259	1.9
Act 4, Scene 4	265	1.9
Act 5, Scene 1	604	4.3

The longest speeches

Speech	Scene	Words
“Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown:”	Act 2, Scene 2	287
“May it please your grace, Antipholus my husband,”	Act 5, Scene 1	205
“His company must do his minions grace,”	Act 2, Scene 1	119
“Unfeeling fools can with such wrongs dispense.”	Act 2, Scene 1	103
“How ill agrees it with your gravity”	Act 2, Scene 2	103
“Patience unmoved! no marvel though she pause;”	Act 2, Scene 1	82
“Come, come, no longer will I be a fool,”	Act 2, Scene 2	74
“It was the copy of our conference:”	Act 5, Scene 1	49

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	27
3 weeks	18
4 weeks	14
6 weeks	9

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