Sophie Lloyd, who was possibly also known as Sue Lloyd, dressed up as a man to take her exams for the Magic Circle - fooling her examiners and going out for a drink with them afterwards.

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Sophie Lloyd lurked in the all-male society by posing as a teenage boy for nearly two years, but was expelled after revealing her true identity

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The Magic Circle is a renowned British organization for magicians, founded in 1905. Women were not allowed to join the Magic Circle for most of its history, until it lifted its ban in 1991. Now, reports Sky News, the Magic Circle is trying to locate Sophie Lloyd, who disguised herself as a man to audition for membership while the ban was in effect. — Read the rest  The post Magic Circle seeks to apologize to woman who infiltrated men-only club i…

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Magic Circle seeks to apologize to woman who infiltrated men-only club in disguise

Sophie Lloyd hid her true identity from the famous society of magicians for 18 months. Dressing up as a young man, Ms Lloyd fooled both the examiners and the Circle’s council and even went out for a drink with them. However, she was expelled when the deception was revealed and the group hasn’t heard from her since. At the time Ms Lloyd joined, women weren’t allowed to join the Circle. But when the rules changed in October 1991, Ms Lloyd revealed…

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Magic Circle On The Hunt For First Female Member Who Tricked Her Way Into Society - To Apologise To Her - Great Yorkshire Radio

The Magic Circle is trying to track down its first female member, who duped her way into the all-male magicians’ society by disguising herself as a teenage boy named Raymond. Sophie Lloyd was expelled by the society in 1991 for “deliberate deception” after revealing her ruse. But with attitudes changing in the “old boys’ club” of magic, the group now wants her back. The ‘greatest deception’ Back in 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, the world wid…

Magic Circle on the hunt for first female member who tricked her way into society - to apologise to her

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