Mitarai Digital Folio

The Comedy of Errors, Act 5

456Lines 1Scenes 14Speakers 64% / 36%Male / Female Lines

Act 5 of The Comedy of Errors runs 456 lines across 1 scenes with 14 speaking characters — about 23.2% of the full play.

Opens (Scene 1) — Angelo: “I am sorry, sir, that I have hinder'd you;”

Closes (Scene 1) — Dromio Of Ephesus: “And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.”

The 1 scenes of Act 5

Scene Lines Speakers Share of act
Scene 1 456 14 100.0%

Who speaks in Act 5

Leading voice: Adriana with 17% of Act 5’s dialogue (78 lines).

Character Lines in act Share
Adriana 78 17.1%
Aemelia 73 16.0%
Of Ephesus 73 16.0%
Duke Solinus 46 10.1%
Aegeon 37 8.1%
Angelo 34 7.5%
Second Merchant 26 5.7%

Who carries the voice in Act 5

Female voices are notably stronger in Act 5 — 36% of this act’s dialogue vs. 26% across the full play.

Act 5

Male 293 · Female 163

Characters first heard in Act 5

Character Lines in play
Aemelia 73
Servant 15