The Yashmak

The Yashmak

"The Yashmak, A Story of the East" is a musical play, with a libretto by Cecil Raleigh and Seymour Hicks, adapted from an Armenian operetta, "Leblébidji Horhor", which had been a success in 1896 in Constantinople. The music was composed by Napoleon Lambelet (1864-1932), and additional songs were composed by Leslie Stuart and others. "The Yashmak" was first produced at the original Shaftesbury Theatre in London from 31 March 1897 to 31 July 1897, for a run of 121 performances. Scott Russell, a former leading D'Oyly Carte Opera Company tenor, left the Savoy Theatre to star in the production with Aileen D'Orme, who was later replaced by Marguerite Cornille, a music hall star.

A yashmak is a double veil worn in Islamic countries. The first layer is drawn around the forehead and gathered up behind and on the head; the second, pinned on behind to the first, falls sufficiently in front to uncover the eyes.

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* [http://sabio.library.arizona.edu:2082/search/aRaleigh,+Donald+J./araleigh+donald+j/-2%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=araleigh+cecil+1856+1914&11%2C%2C11 List of contributors to "The Yashmak"]
* [http://www.nodanw.com/london_shows_chronology/1897.htm Information about shows opening in 1897, including "The Yashmak"]
*www.gabrielleray.150m.com/ArchiveTextC/MargueriteCornille.html Information about "The Yashmak"


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  • yashmak — /yahsh mahk , yash mak/, n. the veil worn by Muslim women to cover the face in public. Also, yashmac. [1835 45; < Turk yasmak] * * * ▪ clothing also spelled  Yașmak,    long, narrow face screen or veil traditionally worn in public by Muslim women …   Universalium

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  • yashmak — ► NOUN ▪ a veil concealing all of the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public. ORIGIN Turkish …   English terms dictionary

  • yashmak — or yashmac [yäsh mäk′, yash′mak΄] n. [Ar yashmaq] the double veil worn by Muslim women in public …   English World dictionary

  • yashmak — The veil worn by Muslim women when in public …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • yashmak — /ˈjæʃmæk/ (say yashmak) noun the veil worn by Muslim women in public. Also, yashmac. {Arabic} …  

  • yashmak — also yasmak noun Etymology: Turkish yaşmak Date: 1844 a veil worn by Muslim women that is wrapped around the upper and lower parts of the face so that only the eyes remain exposed to public view …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • yashmak — [ jaʃmak] noun a veil concealing all of the face except for the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public. Origin C19: via Arab. from Turk …   English new terms dictionary

  • yashmak — n. a veil concealing the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women when in public. Etymology: Arab. yasmak, Turk. yasmak …   Useful english dictionary

  • yashmak — noun A veil worn by Muslim women to cover parts of the face when they are in public. Syn: niqab, veil, hijab, scarf …   Wiktionary

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