Krapp's Last Tape
Nevertheless, Nurul Momen ("Nemesis", 1944), Samuel Beckett ("Krapp's Last Tape", 1958) and Anton Chekhov ("On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco", 1886, 1902), among others, have written monodramas in this sense. Patrick Süskind has one person speak to the audience in "Der Kontrabaß" (1981). A more recent example is "A Night in November" (1994) by Irish playwright Marie Jones.