Mark-Anthony Turnage is based on Steven Berkoff's adaptation of "Oedipus Rex". "The Silver Tassie", first performed in 2000, is based on the play by Seán O'Casey. "Anna Nicole", with a libretto by Richard Thomas and first performed in 2011, relates the rise and fall of Playboy model and media celebrity Anna-Nicole Smith. Other works include "Three Screaming Popes" (after the paintings by Francis Bacon), "Your Rockaby" (a concerto for saxophone and orchestra), "Yet Another Set To" (a concerto for trombone and orchestra, dedicated to Christian Lindberg), and "From the Wreckage" (a concerto for trumpet and orchestra, written for Håkan Hardenberger). "Blood on
Mark Anthony Jarman Sinking", "Dancing Nightly in the Tavern", and the travel book "Ireland’s Eye". Mark Anthony Jarman has also published in "Walrus", "Canadian Geographic", "The Barcelona Review", "Vrij Nederland" and reviews for "The Globe and Mail". Mark Anthony Jarman Mark Anthony Jarman (born 11 June 1955 in Edmonton, Alberta) is an award-winning Canadian fiction writer. Jarman's work includes the novel "Salvage King, Ya!", the short story collection "Knife Party at the Hotel Europa" and the travel book "Ireland's Eye." A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Jarman is currently a faculty member of the English department at the University of New Brunswick