How many lines does hamlet have in hamlet?   Other sources say that the play itself has 4,042 lines and 29,551 words, and that Hamlet has approximately 40% of the total lines.e also claims to have been the same age as Hamlet when he played him, which also probably gives him the benefit of the doubt by about 10 to 15 years. As for how many times Hamlet is cued to speak, I would have to count again. But in the Pelican edition he has 1,438 lines, or approximately 36% of the lines in the play.