Editing List of playwrights (section)

===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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