{"id":1488,"date":"2019-08-01T20:27:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T20:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/?page_id=1488"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:40:36","slug":"the-greatest-adventure-chapter-23","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/the-greatest-adventure-chapter-23\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Adventure Chapter 23"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" class=\"wp-image-1490\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/equitylogo_horizontal-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/equitylogo_horizontal-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/equitylogo_horizontal-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/equitylogo_horizontal-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/equitylogo_horizontal.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">For a rather scary reason, I had to change jobs and Geoff gave up performing. I landed someplace really wonderful- Actors&#8217; Equity.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/georgeives.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/georgeives.png 663w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/georgeives-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">George Ives was my new boss, and my mentor. He had been a regular fixture on television in the 50s and 60s. This is him from an episode of <em>Bewitched<\/em>. The moment he retired, he went back to acting.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"499\" class=\"wp-image-1492\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Francis-Wilson-1900-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Francis-Wilson-1900-1.jpg 376w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Francis-Wilson-1900-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This is Francis Wilson in 1900. He was very important in establishing Actors&#8217; Equity, and Geoff tells the dramatic story of how Equity was founded and why it was so important for actors.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"500\" class=\"wp-image-1493\" src=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paul-robeson.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paul-robeson.jpg 387w, https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/paul-robeson-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/span><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This is Paul Robeson, the first black actor to play Othello on Broadway (and he also did many other even more important things). My boss George was good friends with him and told me a lot of stories. Geoff recounts some of them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/adventure\/\">Table of Contents<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/the-greatest-adventure-chapter-24\/\">Next Chapter<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a rather scary reason, I had to change jobs and Geoff gave up performing. I landed someplace really wonderful- Actors&#8217; Equity. George Ives was my new boss, and my mentor. He had been a regular fixture on television in the 50s and 60s. This is him from an episode of Bewitched. The moment he&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/the-greatest-adventure-chapter-23\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9SkGF-o0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2586,"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488\/revisions\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belledaily.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}