Actress-manageress of The Little Theatre in the Adelphi, off the
Strand, London.
Was also a painter, author, musicologist, climber, naturalist,
world-wide traveler and quasi-mystic.
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1950 King's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
Along with with the Dutch-born theatre impresario J.T. Grein, Nancy Price founded the People's National Theatre in 1930 and ran it for ten years, producing some 80 plays for the London stage.
She authored thirteen books and served as editor of The People's Theatre magazine.