A monodrama is a piece that features only one person on stage. Unlike its sibling, the monologue, the monodrama can stand on its own and, unlike its younger brother, the minidrama, can even fill an entire evening. In book form, it reads almost like prose. The genre can take on a wide variety of forms. Karlheinz Braun has compiled a broad spectrum, exciting to read, mostly unpublished - and for actors, a rich source of roles: there are virtuoso pieces for comedians, fairy tales for multi-role performers, absurd word games, and dramatic biographies, love plays and life confessions, political theater, psychograms of people in extreme situations - all the way to meta-theater, which reflects the stage situation and seeks dialogue with the audience.