Command performance

Command performance: Command performance is an occasion that one is obliged to attend, as in, "My boss's invitations to dinner are always a command performance". This term originally (late 1800s) denoted a theatrical or musical performance presented at the behest of a sovereign or head of state. By the 1930s it was also used figuratively for any more or less obligatory occasion or performance. ^[1]

Command performance may refer to:

Royal Command Performance, any theatrical or musical performance requested by a monarch

Royal Variety Performance, an annual charity performance before the monarch in Britain

Command Performance (1937 film), a 1937 film starring Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer

Command Performance (2009 film), a 2009 film starring Dolph Lundgren and Melissa Smith

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^ command performance. (n.d.). The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Retrieved August 02, 2011, from Dictionary.com.

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command performance — command performances N COUNT A command performance is a special performance of a play or show which is given for a head of state … English dictionary
command performance — n. a performance, as of a play, put on as for a ruler by command or request … English World dictionary
command performance — ► NOUN ▪ a presentation of a play, concert, or film at the request of royalty … English terms dictionary
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command performance — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms command performance : singular command performance plural command performances theatre, cinema a special performance of a show, play, or film given for a king, queen, or president … English dictionary
command performance — a performance of a play, opera, ballet, or the like, given at the request of a sovereign or head of state. [1895 1900] * * * noun, pl ⋯ mances [count] : a special performance of a concert, play, etc., that is done at the request of an important… … Useful english dictionary
Command Performance (1937 film) — Command Performance is a 1937 British drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Arthur Tracy, Lilli Palmer and Mark Daly.[1] It was based on a play by Stafford Dickens. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 … Wikipedia
Command Performance (2009 film) — Command Performance Directed by Dolph Lundgren Written by Steve Latshaw Dolph Lundgren … Wikipedia
Command Performance Records — was sold by Enoch Light in October 1959 to ABC Paramount Records. The label stopped releasing records in 1976. See also * List of record labels … Wikipedia

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