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...daughters scarcely help. Goneril (Jane White) spits out her lines like a fishwife. As Regan, Maria Tucci seems to be tapping an unseen toe in overwrought pique, and Michele Shay's Cordelia might have strayed onstage from an elocution class. Only Lee Richardson's loyal Kent seems equally loyal to Shakespeare. The rest outshine the dark with unlit candles...
...come to the Pilbara, drawn by the region's immense iron ore reserves and the increasing global demand for the metal. For most miners, the aim is to make money quickly and get out. But in one community the situation is different. Shay Gap, a tiny (pop. 862), two-year-old town 120 miles inland from Port Hedland on the Indian Ocean, is proving that even the harshest environment can be tamed...
...Stresses. Shay Gap was founded for sound business reasons. Officials of Goldsworthy Mining Ltd., aware that high wages alone could not keep needed workers in the Pilbara for long, decided to build a community that would make life in the outback more tolerable. Their Perth-based architect, Lawrence Howroyd, 45, quickly realized that merely air-conditioning the houses and sealing the windows to keep out dust and insects would not be enough. In the Pilbara, he explains, "the environment throws up all kinds of stresses to which people are not accustomed-the heat, the isolation, fear of children...
...Middle East. To overcome the feeling of being surrounded by hostile nature, the Arabs had built walls around their cities. To get relief from the fierce sun, they had crowded their houses close together so that one shaded another. Howroyd followed, and updated, those principles. He situated Shay Gap in a semicircle that not only lends a sense of protective enclosure but also provides late-afternoon shade. Similarly, the town's prefabricated houses are tightly clustered in groups so that they cast shade on their neighbors or on a central play area for children...
Howroyd also wanted to create a sense of community. He laid out narrow, shaded walkways instead of broad streets through most of the town. By thus squeezing out cars, which are parked on Shay Gap's perimeter, he forced people to meet whenever they go outside. Indeed, says Resident Mrs. Jill Nicholls: "A greeting is not just a wave as you drive past. It's a stop and a chat." As a result of all the careful planning, life in Shay Gap is pleasant, employee turnover is low, and Goldsworthy Mining is satisfied that the town is worth...