The first stage carré to feature a lesbian kiss and open depiction of two women in love is the 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance (Got fun 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 geste of the play in a New York City theatre, producers and cas