Editing List of playwrights (section)

===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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