ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The longest play is Hamlet, which is the only Shakespeare play with more than thirty thousand words, and the shortest is The Comedy of Errors, which is the only play with fewer than fifteen thousand words. Shakespeare’s 37 plays have an average word count of 22.6 thousand words per play.

Detailed explanation-2: -"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare’s longest play with 30, 557 words.

Detailed explanation-3: -Running time approximately 3 hours and 15 minutes (including two 20-minute intervals).