| 2H4 III.ii.272 | [Shallow to Falstaff] I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthur's show [i.e. a display by a society of archers named after King Arthur] |
| AC V.ii.362 | [Caesar to all] Our army shall / In solemn show attend this funeral |
| Cor III.iii.36 | [Coriolanus to all] Throng our large temples with the shows of peace |
| H8 IV.i.10 | [Second Gentleman to First Gentleman, of the citizens] they are ever forward - / In celebration of this day with shows, / Pageants, and sights of honour |
| H8 prologue.10 | [of the audience] Those that come to see / Only a show or two |
| H8 prologue.18 | [of what is not in the play] such a show / As fool and fight |
| KL III.vi.103 | [Edgar alone] Who alone suffers, suffers most i'the mind, / Leaving free things and happy shows behind |
| LC.308 | [] to turn white and sound at tragic shows |
| LLL V.ii.305 | [Rosaline to Princess, of their visitors] Their shallow shows and prologue vilely penned |
| Per II.iii.56 | [Simonides to Thaisa, of Pericles' melancholy] As if ... our court / Had not a show might countervail his worth |
| TNK IV.ii.92 | [Pirithous to Theseus, of one of Palamon's knights] his show / Has all the ornament of honour in't |
| TS I.i.47 | [Tranio to Lucentio, of Baptista and company] some show to welcome us to town |