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In this volume, veteran Israeli playwright Shmuel Cohavy presents, for the first time in English, two of his most famous works. The first play, Shores, takes place on a boat sailing to Israel. Albert is a stow¬away f leeing an asylum in Marseille, while David is a trusted crewman about to retire dealing with his girlfriend, the prostitute Alice, and the captain, who doesn't care for him. What will happen at his farewell party? The second play, Ausitis, features Dean, a prince who has been robbed of his right¬ful throne by the commander of the army, Nutro. On the island Dean has been exiled to, a group of young natives want his help in deposing their king... Things get complicated when Livya, the prince's former fiancée, arrives on the island. Discarded by Nutro in turn, she now has no choice but to face the lover she betrayed.