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<p>An <b>unseen character</b> in theatre, comics, film or television, or a <b>silent character</b> in radio or literature, is a <a href="page.php?w=Character_%28arts%29">character</a> who is mentioned but not directly known to the audience, but who advances the action of the plot in a significant way, and whose absence enhances their effect on the plot.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>Unseen characters have been used since the beginning of theatre with the <a href="page.php?w=classical_Greece">ancient Greek</a> <a href="page.php?w=tragedy">tragedians</a>,</p><p>
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