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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Uncast characters #122300 02/08/2004 12:52 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Is there a word to refer to a character in a play or movie or a TV or radio show who is talked about but never actually shows up on stage or screen? The classic example would be Godot, but Colombo's wife would be another. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Uncast characters Faldage 02/08/2004 12:52 AM "Unseen characters" Fiberbabe 02/08/2004 12:57 AM Re: "Unseen characters" wwh 02/08/2004 1:17 AM "Disappearing characters" belMarduk 02/08/2004 4:25 PM Re: "Disappearing characters" Fiberbabe 02/08/2004 5:24 PM Re: "Disappearing characters" ElizaD 02/08/2004 5:55 PM Re: "Disappearing characters" Sparteye 02/12/2004 2:35 AM Re: "Disappearing characters" belMarduk 02/12/2004 4:33 PM Re: "Disappearing characters" Faldage 02/12/2004 4:50 PM Re: "Disappearing characters" belMarduk 02/12/2004 4:59 PM Re: "Disappearing characters" Faldage 02/12/2004 5:11 PM Darrin, Darrin, Becky, Becky Sparteye 02/13/2004 2:45 AM same character, new actor boronia 02/15/2004 11:57 PM Re: Due South Faldage 02/16/2004 12:06 PM Re: Due South charactor shift boronia 03/11/2004 12:38 AM Disappearing characters: Chuck Cunningham Sparteye 02/13/2004 2:34 AM Re: "Unseen characters" wow 02/08/2004 4:44 PM Re: "Unseen characters" jheem 02/08/2004 4:51 PM Re: The Thin Man Faldage 02/08/2004 10:42 PM Re: "Unseen characters" dxb 02/09/2004 9:46 AM Re: "Unseen characters" AnnaStrophic 02/09/2004 12:36 PM Re: "Unseen characters" Faldage 02/09/2004 1:02 PM Re: "Unseen characters" Zed 02/10/2004 12:16 AM Re: "Unseen characters" wow 02/10/2004 2:03 PM Re: "Unseen characters" WhitmanO'Neill 02/13/2004 2:45 AM Re: Uncast characters maahey 02/17/2004 6:23 PM Re: Uncast characters grapho 03/11/2004 4:58 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,306 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 11 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,154 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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