Meaning of command performance | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
   archaic
2. A task, activity, or other assignment which one undertakes in order to satisfy someone in authority, such as an employer.
   broadly, idiomatic

Examples

“"I've been giving a ‘command’ performance for the president," explained the actor modestly.”

“Following a 1973 White House command performance and a TV special, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back, Sinatra made his first nightclub appearance in three years at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace.”

“And he won't let his audience forget that he was part of a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II in June.”

“Some big client of Arthur's is coming to town, and Sally is supposed to entertain the man's wife. She says it's a command performance.”

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