Dezful
Dezful , city (1991 pop. 181,309), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Dez River, near the site of ancient Susa . It is the trade center for an irrigated farm region. Petroleum is produced nearby. The city gets its name, which means "citadel bridge," from a bridge built across the Dez by (according to legend) Shapur II. Dezful was a scene of rioting on the eve of the Iranian Revolution in 1978; it was attacked by Iraqi planes in the Iran-Iraq War . The city is also known as Dizful and Desful.
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Bard at His Bloodiest In Julie Taymor's Titus.(Arts&Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 1/10/2000; 700+ words
; ...even though Alan Cumming as the chosen Saturninus employs all of his considerable negative...to thrust his daughter at the leering Saturninus even though she has been promised to...disenchanted with the cruel and dissolute Saturninus, he falls prey to Aaron the Moor...
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Blood on our doorstep. (a production of William Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus')
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...him emperor, relinquishing the crown to Saturninus, sleazy son of the former ruler. Saturninus instantly demands his brother's betrothed...son for trying to prevent this "rape," Saturninus loses interest in Lavinia, takes up with...
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Brutal `Titus' worth its weight in excessive gore Fabulously flawed
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Anthony Hopkins Tamora Jessica Lange Saturninus Alan Cumming Aaron Harry Lennix Chiron...the return of his sons if he will send Saturninus his hand - only to find the hand returned...devious plot to defeat both Titus and Saturninus and seduce Tamora. This hole, of course...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Taymor's tightly tailored 'Titus' titillates tremendously.(Time Out!)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 1/21/2000; 700+ words
; ...Cast: Titus Andronicus Anthony Hopkins Saturninus Alan Cumming Tamora Jessica Lange Lavinia...the much-younger, power-mongering Saturninus. (You know this has to be a bad choice...with an Adolf Hitler hairdo.) When Saturninus meets the Goth queen with her anatomically...
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Allusion and sacrifice in Titus Andronicus.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...second, the betrothal and marriage of Saturninus during which Titus kills his son Mutius...this time within the city--as Saturninus and Bassianus fight over the rights...his age (I.i. 190-1), chooses Saturninus as emperor, recognizing him as "our...
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'Titus': A Modern Tragedy
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/11/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...mantle to the spoiled, supercilious Saturninus (Alan Cumming, who unintentionally...followed by his similarly clad goon squad. Saturninus shocks Titus by freeing and marrying...old soldier's sons for the death of Saturninus's brother. And Tamora's sons accost...
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In 'Titus Andronicus,' The Women Really Rule [Correction 11/30/04]
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/20/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...near-future America, opening with Saturninus (Alexander Strain) and his brother...Titus politely declines and names Saturninus a worthy substitute. To express his gratitude, Saturninus offers to marry Lavinia (Kate Siegelbaum...
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Violence born of patriarchy
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/14/2001; 700+ words
; ...of police motorcyclists as outriders. Saturninus and Bassianus arrive simultaneously to...king-maker's privilege, Titus backs Saturninus in his claim to be Emperor; because Saturninus is the eldest son of his imperial father...
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Titus.
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...endorses as the new Emperor of Rome Saturninus (Alan Cumming), the older but obviously...rank. But tradition means nothing to Saturninus, who, a few twists of the plot later...killings follow. Titus kills Tamora, and Saturninus retaliates by killing him. Titus...
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Sexuality as a signifier for power relations: using Lavinia, of Shakespeare's 'Titus Andronicus.'
Magazine article from: Criticism; 6/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...play opens with brothers Bassianus and Saturninus each threatening to resort to arms against...father, the late emperor of Rome. Saturninus, as the "first-born son" (1...Titus (1.1.21-22). While Saturninus' immediate response to Marcus, speech...
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Saturninus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saturninus (Lucius Appuleius Saturninus) , d. 100 BC, Roman statesman. He was quaestor in 104 BC and later tribune of the people. He was violently opposed to the senatorial party and allied himself with Marius to procure the banishment of...
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Gaius Marius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...price. In 103 the demagogue L. Appuleius Saturninus had attached himself to Marius's cause by...consulship for himself and a second tribunate for Saturninus. As tribune in 100, Saturninus then rammed through an agrarian-colonial...
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Titus Andronicus
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...instead to the late emperor's son Saturninus, to whose marriage with his daughter, Lavinia, Titus consents. Saturninus' brother Bassianus claims Lavinia...who has tried to block his way. Saturninus now changes his mind, renounces...
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Metellus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...command. While serving as censor (102), Numidicus tried to remove Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, of the popular party, from the senate. In 100 BC, Saturninus and Marius took revenge by passing a law requiring senators to swear acceptance of...
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Treachery
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary
...Guildenstern Hamlet ’ s traitorous friends; “ adders fang ’ d. ” [Br. Lit.: Hamlet ] Saturninus connives and plots politically; kills Titus. [Br. Lit.: Titus Andronicus ] Schoolmaster of Falerii Etruscan teacher...
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