Editing List of playwrights (section)

==B==
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===Ba–Be===
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*[[Georges Baal]] (György Balassa, 1938–2013, Hungary/France)
*[[Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel]] (1894–1941, Russia), in Russian and Yiddish
*[[Ingeborg Bachmann]] (1926–1973, Austria)
*[[Phanuel Bacon]] (1700–1783, England)
*[[Enid Bagnold]] (1889–1981, England)
*[[Hermann Bahr]] (1863–1934, Austria)
*[[Paul Bailey (British writer)|Paul Bailey]] (born 1937, England)
*[[Annie Baker]] (born 1981, United States)
*[[George Pierce Baker]] (1866–1935, United States)
*[[John Roman Baker]] (born 1944, England)
*[[John L. Balderston|John Lloyd Balderston]] (1889–1954, United States)
*[[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]] (1924–1987, United States)
*[[John Bale]] (1495–1563, England)
*[[Honoré de Balzac]] (1799–1850, France)
*[[Banabhatta]] (7th century CE, India, in Sanskrit)
*[[Francisco Bances Candamo|Francisco Antonio Bances y López-Candamo]] (1662–1704, Spain)
*[[Théodore de Banville]] (1823–1891, France)
*[[John Banks (playwright)|John Banks]] (c. 1650–1706, England)
*[[Imamu Amiri Baraka]] (1934–2014, United States)
*[[Maurice Baring]] (1874–1945, England)
*[[Howard Barker]] (born 1946, England)
*[[James Nelson Barker]] (1784–1858, United States)
*[[Meredydd Barker]] (living, Wales) in Welsh and English
*[[Ernst Barlach]] (1870–1938, Germany)
*[[Peter Barnes (playwright)|Peter Barnes]] (1931–2004, England)
*[[Jeff Baron]] (living, United States)
*[[J. M. Barrie]] (1860–1937, Scotland)
*[[Desmond Barry]] (born 1954, Wales) in English
*[[Philip Barry]] (1896–1949, United States)
*[[Mike Bartlett (playwright)|Mike Bartlett]] (born 1980, England)
*[[Gabriel Barylli]] (born 1957, Austria)
*[[Peter Basch]] (1921–2004, Germany/United States)
*[[Ada Lee Bascom]] (unknown – 1928, United States)
*[[Todd Bash]] (born 1965, United States)
*[[Henri Bataille]] (1872–1922, France)
*[[Wolfgang Bauer (writer)|Wolfgang Bauer]] (1941–2005, Austria)
*[[L. Frank Baum]] (1856–1919, United States)
*[[Terry Baum]] (born 1946, United States)
*[[Clifford Bax]] (1886–1962, England)
*[[Peter Bayley (poet)|Peter Bayley]] (1778–1823, England)
*[[Thomas Haynes Bayly]] (1797–1839, England)
*[[Richard Bean]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Pierre de Beaumarchais]] (1732–1799, France)
*[[Francis Beaumont]] (1584/1585–1616, England)
*[[Jim Beaver]] (born 1950, United States)
*[[Samuel Beazley]] (1786–1851, England)
*[[Ulrich Becher]] (1910–1990, Germany)
*[[Jürgen Becker (comedian)|Jürgen Becker]] (born 1959, Germany)
*[[Jurek Becker]] (1937–1997, Poland/Germany)
*[[Francis Beckett]] (born 1945, England)
*[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906–1989, Ireland) in English and French
*[[Henry Becque]] (1837–1899, France)
*[[Richard Beer-Hofmann]] (1866–1945, Austria)
*[[George Beeby]] (1869–1942, Australia)
*[[Chad Beguelin]] (born 1969, United States)
*[[Brendan Behan]] (1923–1964, Ireland)
*[[Aphra Behn]] (1640–1689, England)
*[[S. N. Behrman]] (1893–1973, United States)
*[[David Belasco]] (1853–1931, United States)
*[[T. James Belich]] (pseudonym: [[Colorado Tolston]]) (born 1976, United States)
*[[Florence Bell (writer)|Florence Bell]] (1851–1930, England)
*[[Mary Hayley Bell]] (1911–2005, England)
*[[Luis Belmonte Bermúdez|Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez]] (c. 1590 – c. 1650, Spain)
*[[Jacinto Benavente]] (1866–1954, Spain)
*[[Victoria Benedictsson]] (1850–1888, Sweden)
*[[Sem Benelli]] (1877–1949, Italy)
*[[Ramvriksh Benipuri]] (1902–1968, India, in Hindi)
*[[Gottfried Benn]] (1886–1956, Germany)
*[[Alan Bennett]] (born 1934, England)
*[[Arnold Bennett]] (1867–1931, England)
*[[Angelo Beolco]] (1502–1542, Italy)
*[[Hjalmar Bergman]] (1883–1931, Sweden)
*[[Ingmar Bergman]] (1918–2007, Sweden)
*[[Reginald Berkeley]] (1890–1935, England)
*[[Steven Berkoff]] (born 1937, England)
*[[Alois Berla]] (1826–1896, Austria)
*[[Tess Berry-Hart]] (1978, England)
*[[Jean-Jacques Bernard]] (1888–1972, France)
*[[Tristan Bernard]] (1866–1947, France)
*[[William Bayle Bernard]] (1807–1875, England)
*[[Thomas Bernhard]] (1931–1989, Austria)
*[[Henri Bernstein]] (1876–1953, France)
*[[Rudolph Besier]] (1878–1942, England)
*[[György Bessenyei]] (1747–1811, Hungary)
*[[Eva Best]] (1851–1925, United States)
*[[Ugo Betti]] (1892–1953, Italy)
*[[Bahram Beyzai]] (born 1938, Iran)
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===Bi–By===
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*[[Bernardo Dovizio da Bibbiena]] (1470–1520, Italy)
*[[Isaac Bickerstaffe]] (1735–1812, Ireland)
*[[Sieur de Bigot]] {redirect to [[Jean Palaprat]]}
*[[François Billetdoux]] (1927–1991, France)
*[[André Birabeau]] (1890–1974, France)
*[[Caroline Bird]] (born 1986, England)
*[[Robert Montgomery Bird]] (1806–1854, United States)
*[[Lajos Bíró]] (1880–1948, Hungary/England)
*[[Alexandre Charles Auguste Bisson|Alexandre Bisson]] (1848–1912, France)
*[[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]] (1832–1910, Norway)
*[[Lewis Black]] (born 1948, United States)
*[[Helen Blakeman]] (born 1971, England)
*[[August Blanche]] (1811–1868, Sweden)
*[[Lee Blessing]] (born 1949, United States)
*[[Dharamvir Bharati]] (1926–1997, India) in Hindi
*[[Suessa Baldridge Blaine]] (1860-1932, United States)
*[[Marc Blitzstein]] (1905–1964, United States)
*[[Alexander Blok]] (1880–1921, Russia)
*[[James Boaden]] (1762–1839, England)
*[[Augusto Boal]] (1931–2009, Brazil)
*[[Janka Boga]] (1886–1963, Hungary)
*[[Eric Bogosian]] (born 1953, United States)
*[[George H. Boker]] (1823–1890, United States)
*[[Robert Bolt]] (1924–1995, England)
*[[Louise Bombardier]] (born 1953, Canada)
*[[Valentino Bompiani]] (1898–1992, Italy)
*[[Edward Bond]] (born 1934, England)
*[[Leslie Bonnet]] (1902–1985, Wales)
*[[Massimo Bontempelli]] (1878–1960, Italy)
*[[Clare Boothe]] (1903–1987, United States)
*[[Wolfgang Borchert]] (1921–1947, Germany)
*[[Péter Bornemisza]] (c. 1535 – 1584, Hungary)
*[[Dion Boucicault]] (1820/1822–1890, Ireland/United States)
*[[Édouard Bourdet]] (1887–1945, France)
*[[Lucien Bourjeily]] (living, Lebanon)
*[[Edmé Boursault]] (1638–1701, France)
*[[John Griffith Bowen]] (1924–2019, India/England)
*[[Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery|Charles Boyle]] (1674–1731, England)
*[[Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery|Roger Boyle]] (1621–1679, Ireland/England)
*[[William Boyle (writer)|William Boyle]] (1853–1923, Ireland)
*[[Oskar Braaten]] (1881–1931, Norway)
*[[Roberto Bracco]] (1861–1943, Italy)
*[[Vitaliano Brancati]] (1907–1954, Italy)
*[[Barbarina Brand]] (1768–1854, England)
*[[Hannah Brand]] (1754–1821, England)
*[[George Brant]] (living, United States) 
*[[Thomas Brasch]] (1945–2001, England/Germany)
*[[Volker Braun]] (born 1939, Germany)
*[[Bertolt Brecht]] (1898–1956, Germany)
*[[Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero]] (1585–1618, [[Dutch Republic]])
*[[Howard Brenton]] (born 1942, England)
*[[Manuel Bretón de los Herreros]] (1796–1873, Spain)
*[[James Bridie]] (1888–1951, Scotland)
*[[Eugène Brieux]] (1858–1932, France)
*[[Anna Beecroft Briggs]] (1860s-1949, Canada/US)
*[[Harold Brighouse]] (1882–1958, England)
*[[Hermann Broch]] (1886–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria)
*[[Max Brod]] (1884–1968) (Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/Israel) in German
*[[Richard Brome]] (c. 1590–1652/1653, England)
*[[Arnolt Bronnen]] (1895–1959, Austria)
*[[Peter Brook]] (born 1925, England)
*[[Kent R. Brown]] (living, United States)
*[[Robert Browning]] (1812–1889, England)
*[[Ferdinand Bruckner]] (1891–1958, Austria)
*[[Christine Brückner]] (1921–1996, Germany)
*[[David-Augustin de Brueys]] (1640–1723, France)
*[[Giordano Bruno]] (1548–1600, Italy)
*[[Georg Büchner]] (1813–1837, Germany)
*[[Leicester Silk Buckingham]] (1825–1867, England)
*[[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|Duke of Buckingham]] (1628–1687, England)
*[[Antonio Buero Vallejo]] (1916–2000, Spain)
*[[Mikhail Bulgakov]] (1891–1940, Russia)
*[[Edward Bullins]] (1935–2021, United States)
*[[Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton]] (1803–1873, England)
*[[John Burgoyne]] (1722–1792, England)
*[[Frances Burney]] (Frances, Mme d'Arblay, 1752–1840, England)
*[[Frances Burney (1776–1828)|Frances Burney]] (1776–1828, England)
*[[Sophia Burrell]] (1753–1802, England)
*[[Leo Butler]] (born 1974, England)
*[[Jez Butterworth]] (born 1969, England)
*[[George Gordon Byron]] (1788–1824, England)
*[[Henry James Byron]] (1835–1884, England)
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