Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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n. 1 (context archaic English) A dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance. 2 (context idiomatic by extension English) A task, activity, or other assignment which one undertakes in order to satisfy someone in authority, such as an employer.
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Command performance may refer to:
- Command Performance (1931 film), a 1931 film
- 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
- Command Performance (radio), a US Armed Forces Radio show from 1942-49
- Command Performance Records, record label which later merged with ABC Records.
- Royal Command Performance, any theatrical or musical performance requested by a monarch.
- Royal Variety Performance, an annual charity performance before the Monarchy of the United Kingdom.
Command Performance was a radio program which originally aired between 1942 and 1949. The program was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Network (AFRS) with a direct shortwave transmission to the troops overseas. It was not broadcast over domestic U.S. radio stations.
Command Performance is a 2009 American action film written and directed by Dolph Lundgren, who also starred in the film. The film was released on direct-to-DVD in the United States on November 3, 2009.
The film was premiered at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival on July 18, 2009. Filming took place between August and September 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria and Moscow, Russia.
Dolph Lundgren wanted to use his drumming skills on screen, and the story was inspired by a concert Madonna did for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The movie marks Ida Lundgren's (Dolph's daughter) screen début.
Command Performance is a 1937 British musical drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Arthur Tracy, Lilli Palmer and Mark Daly. It was based on a play by Stafford Dickens. Like The Street Singer which was released the same year, it was designed as a vehicle for Tracy who performs a number of songs during the film. It was made at Pinewood Studios.
Command Performance is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Walter Lang.
Usage examples of "command performance".
So we'll save it for the tsar's command performance, whenever that may be.
Within ten years, Alberto, his wife, and their three children had moved to a ncher planet, within fifteen years, they had performed in every major city within their sector, within twenty-five years, their troupe had increased to thirty highly paid, well-trained, professional musicians, singers, and actors, and their fame had spread to the Imperial Planet itself, finally culminating in a command performance before Fcedhnck V The Emperor was so taken with the troupe that he ordered Alberto to base his operations on one of the major worlds near Saiusa Sectmdus, and to give at least one performance annually for the Imperial Presence and his private guests Hence, the Gmaztera Company be came the only officially recognized entertainment group sanctioned by the Emperor himself Gmaztera himself was granted an estate on Gioia and named Lord Ginaztera m the minor nobility At hearing the news of .
After all, a ceremonial joint session of Congress is a tailor-made event, a command performance.