Shakespeare とその作品については，周知の通り，膨大な研究の蓄積がある．年表や統計の類いも多々あるが，Crystal and Crystal から適当に抜粋したものをいくつか載せておきたい．なお，Crystal and Crystal の種々の統計の元になっているデータベースは，Shakespeare's Words よりアクセスできる．その他の Shakespeare 関連のリンクについては，「#195. Shakespeare に関する Web resources」 ([2009-11-08-1]) を参照．

(1) Chronology of works (Crystal and Crystal 6)

1590--91	The Two Gentlemen of Verona; The Taming of the Shrew
1591	Henry VI Part II; Henry VI Part III
1592	Henry VI Part I (perhaps with Thomas Nashe); Titus Andronicus (perhaps with George Peele)
1592--3	Richard III; Venus and Adonis
1593--4	The Rape of Lucrece
1594	The Comedy of Errors
1594--5	Love's Labour's Lost
by 1595	King Edward III
1595	Richard II; Romeo and Juliet; A Midsummer Night's Dream
1596	King John
1596--7	The merchant of Venice; Henry IV Part I
1597--8	The Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry IV Part II
1598	Much Ado About Nothing
1598--9	Henry V
1599	Julius Caesar
1599--1600	As You Like It
1600--1601	Hamlet; Twelfth Night
by 1601	The Phoenix and Turtle
1602	Troilus and Cressida
1593--1603	The Sonnets
1603--4	A Lover's Complaint; Sir Thomas More; Othello
1603	Measure for Measure
1604--5	All's Well that Ends Well
1605	Timon of Athens (with Thomas Middleton)
1605--6	King Lear
1606	Macbeth (revised by Middleton); Antony and Cleopatra
1607	Pericles (with George Wilkins)
1608	Coriolanus
1609	The Winter's Tale
1610	Cymbeline
1611	The Tempest
1613	Henry VIII (with John Fletcher); Cardenio (with John Fletcher)
1613--14	The Two Noble Kinsmen (with John Fletcher)

(2) Top ten content words (Crystal and Crystal 153)

good	3995
lord	3164
man	3091
love	3047
sir	2548
know	2252
give	2114
think/thought	1911
king	1680
speak	1626

(3) Poetry or prose (Crystal and Crystal 165)

Poetry (%)	No. of lines	Prose (%)	No. of lines	Play
100	2752	0	0	Richard II
100	2569	0	0	King John
100	2493	0	0	King Edward III
99.7	2892	0.3	8	Henry VI Part III
99.5	2664	0.5	14	Henry VI Part I
98.6	2479	1.4	35	Titus Andronicus
97.6	3517	2.4	85	Richard III
97.4	2735	2.6	74	Henry VIII
94.5	2641	5.5	154	The Two Noble Kinsmen
93.5	1948	6.5	135	Macbeth
90.1	2208	9.9	244	Julius Caesar
89.8	2718	10.2	308	Antony and Cleopatra
86.9	2610	13.1	393	Romeo and Juliet
86.6	1543	13.4	239	The Comedy of Errors
85.2	2808	14.5	487	Cymbeline
83.7	2580	16.3	503	Henry VI Part II
81.2	1903	18.8	441	Pericles
80.6	2076	19.4	498	The Taming of the Shrew
80.6	1713	19.4	413	A Midsummer Night's Dream
80.4	2599	19.6	633	Othello
78.6	2025	21.4	551	The Merchant of Venice
77.2	2571	22.8	760	Coriolanus
76.5	1569	23.5	481	The Tempest
73.2	2181	26.8	800	The Winter's Tale
73.1	2345	26.9	865	King Lear
73.1	1707	26.9	627	Timon of Athens
73.1	1613	26.9	595	The Two Gentlemen of Verona
71.5	2742	28.5	1092	Hamlet
66.4	2250	33.6	1137	Troilus and Cressida
64.2	1716	35.8	955	Love's Labour's Lost
60.6	1634	39.4	1062	Measure for Measure
60.5	1943	39.5	1269	Henry V
55.6	1666	44.4	1332	Henry IV Part I
51.6	1447	48.4	1356	All's Well that Ends Well
47.6	1547	52.4	1700	Henry IV Part II
47.4	1276	52.6	1415	As You Like It
38.2	949	61.8	1532	Twelfth Night
28.3	739	71.7	1871	Much Ado About Nothing
12.5	338	87.5	2370	The Merry Wives of Windsor

(4) How long are the plays? (Crystal and Crystal 139)

Total lines	Total words	Play	First Folio	Riverside
3834	29,844	Hamlet	3906	4042
3602	28,439	Richard III	3887	3667
3387	25,730	Troilus and Cressida	3592	3531
3331	26,479	Coriolanus	3838	3752
3295	26,876	Cymbeline	3819	3707
3247	25,737	Henry IV Part II	3350	3326
3232	26,003	Othello	3685	3551
3212	25,623	Henry V	3381	3297
3210	25,341	King Lear	3302	3487
3083	24,490	Henry VI Part II	3355	3130
3026	23,726	Antony and Cleopatra	3636	3522
3003	24,023	Romeo and Juliet	3185	3099
2998	24,126	Henry IV Part I	3180	3081
2981	24,597	The Winter's Tale	3369	3348
2900	23,318	Henry VI Part III	3217	2915
2809	23,333	Henry VIII	3463	3221
2803	22,537	All's Well that Ends Well	3078	3013
2795	23,388	The Two Noble Kinsmen	not in	3261
2752	21,884	Richard II	2849	2796
2708	21,290	The Merry Wives of Windsor	2729	2891
2696	21,269	Measure for Measure	2938	2891
2691	21,477	As You Like It	2796	2810
2678	20,541	Henry VI Part I	2931	2695
2671	20,881	Love's Labour's Lost	2900	2829
2610	20,767	Much Ado About Nothing	2684	2787
2576	20,911	The Merchant of Venice	2737	2701
2574	20,552	The Taming of the Shrew	2750	2676
2569	20,472	King John	2729	2638
2514	19,888	Titus Andronicus	2708	2538
2493	19,406	King Edward III	not in	not in
2481	19,592	Twelfth Night	2579	2591
2452	19,149	Julius Caesar	2730	2591
2344	17,728	Pericles	not in	2459
2334	17,796	Timon of Athens	2607	2488
2208	16,936	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	2298	2288
2126	16,305	A Midsummer Night's Dream	2222	2192
2083	16,372	Macbeth	2529	2349
2050	16,047	The Tempest	2341	2283
1782	14,415	The Comedy of Errors	1918	1787

(5) Using you and thou (Crystal and Crystal 126)

You-forms		Thou-forms
you	14,244	thou	5,942
ye	352	thee	3,444
your	6,912	thy	4,429
yours	260	thine	510
yourself	289	thyself	251
yourselves	74
Total	22,131		14,576

　・ Crystal, David and Ben Crystal. The Shakespeare Miscellany. Woodstock & New York: Overlook, 2005.

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