Falstaff, who appears in three plays (the two parts of Henry IV and The Merry Wives of Windsor) has more lines than any other Shakespearean character, with 471. Hamlet has the most in a single play (probably because when you conflate the two versions of the play it is way longer than any other play)
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Hamlet (the character) has the most lines. The character Richard, Duke of Gloucster (later King Richard III) has the second most.
The Shakespeare play with the most lines, 3,924, is 'Hamlet'.
William Shakespeare influenced all of the drama which followed him by setting a higher standard for character development, pacing, dramatic structure and plot. Although the lines Shakespeare wrote for his characters are amazingly potent, and most actors want to be able to say them, their style did not affect later playwrights significantly.
Macbeth was not a fictional character made up by Shakespeare. He was based on a historical character, although he is not in any way like the real historical Macbeth. Shakespeare took most of the story of Macbeth from the history book Holinshed's Chronicles which contains most of the events shown in the play. Shakespeare did develop the character of Macbeth found in Holinshed, but he did not invent him.
Falstaff from Henry IV
Shakespeare's longest play is Hamlet - 4042 lines containing 29,551 lines - it takes over four hours to perform. Most modern productions and TV or movie adaptations are edited considerably.