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King Lear Line Count

The total number of lines in the play, in each act, and in each scene.

All our line totals are based on the Arden Shakespeare edition of King Lear, edited by Kenneth Muir

Total lines in King Lear  -  3216

Total lines in Act 1 - 911

Act 1 Scene 1 - 307

Act 1 Scene 2 - 181

Act 1 Scene 3 - 27

Act 1 Scene 4 - 347

Act 1 Scene 5 - 49

Total lines in Act 2 - 625

Act 2 Scene 1 - 128

Act 2 Scene 2 - 169

Act 2 Scene 3 - 21

Act 2 Scene 4 - 307

Total lines in Act 3 - 596

Act 3 Scene 1 - 55

Act 3 Scene 2 - 95

Act 3 Scene 3 - 25

Act 3 Scene 4 - 181

Act 3 Scene 5 - 23

Act 3 Scene 6 - 112

Act 3 Scene 7 - 105

Total lines in Act 4 - 679

Act 4 Scene 1 - 78

Act 4 Scene 2 - 97

Act 4 Scene 3 - 55

Act 4 Scene 4 - 29

Act 4 Scene 5 - 40

Act 4 Scene 6 - 283

Act 4 Scene 7 - 97

Total lines in Act 5 - 405

Act 5 Scene 1 - 69

Act 5 Scene 2 - 11

Act 5 Scene 3 - 325

Use our guides for more detailed KING LEAR Line Counts

For the full list of characters in King Lear and their line counts:

Character list and line count

For an easy to use comparative graph of the total line count of the play and individual characters by scenes and acts:

Line Count Graph

For detailed line counts of the individual characters:

King Lear line count

Gloucester line count

Kent line count

Edgar line count

Edmund line count

Cordelia line count

Regan line count

Goneril line count

The Fool line count

For scene by scene guides to all entrances and exits:

Act One entrances and exits

Act Two entrances and exits

Act Three entrances and exits

Act Four entrances and exits

Act Five entrances and exits