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• a  not capable of or especially not involving speech or spoken lines
  had a nonspeaking role in the play

• He sings with skill and excellent understanding and is really a masterful actor, and, indeed, has a reputation in Germany as a nonsinging and even nonspeaking actor.
• After signing up to play three performances for the Met's youthful rival, the New York City Opera, Bing explained how he was chosen for a nonsinging, nonspeaking role in a new .
• Other friends play Danton, Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI ("virtually a nonspeaking role") and the Comte de Mirabeau.

• walk-on

• speaking

News & Articles

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• Dunn plays starring role, White Sox beat Reds
  Adam Dunn hit a pair of RBI singles and the Chicago White Sox beat a split squad of Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Friday. Dunn returned to the White Sox this week after attending the Academy Awards ceremony in California last weekend. He had a nonspeaking role in the Oscar-nominated ''Dallas Buyers Club.'' Dunn's first single came off Mike Leake, who was making his first spring start. Jay Bruce homered in ...
  March 8, 2014 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
• Dunn plays starring role, Sox beat Reds
  Adam Dunn hit a pair of RBI singles and the White Sox beat a split squad of Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Friday.Dunn returned to the White Sox this week after attending the Academy Awards ceremony in California last weekend. He had a nonspeaking role in the Oscar-nominated “Dallas Buyers Club.”
  March 7, 2014 - Daily Herald

Quotes

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• Rachel Weisz in New York Times
  I was not one of those talented children who starred in every production at school,said Weisz, who is 34. "In 'Alice in Wonderland,' I was cast as the Dodo - a nonspeaking part. Later, when I played Ismene in 'Antigone,' which is the...