Which of the following descriptions accurately characterizes Lady Gregory's creative management role at the Abbey Theatre during its turbulent first two decades?

Correct answer: A hands-on director who read scripts, managed budgets, and often calmed rioting audiences.

Lady Gregory was the administrative spine of the early Abbey Theatre, working closely alongside Yeats to steer the institution through financial crises, political controversies, and structural adjustments. She traveled with the company on its stressful American tours, faced down political organizations, and nurtured young writing talents like Sean O'Casey. Her practical intelligence balanced Yeats's abstract aesthetic theories, keeping the theater operational.