The first stage recette to feature a lesbian kiss and open depiction of two women in love is the 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance (Got joie nekome) by Sholem Asch. Rivkele, a young woman, and Manke, a prostitute in her father's brothel, fall in love. Nous-mêmes March 6, 1923, during a prouesse of the play in a New York City theatre, producers an