Sophie Lloyd disguised herself as a man to join the Magic Circle in 1991, when female magicians were not allowed membership.

Sophie Lloyd performed her greatest trick before the Magic Circle: she vanished. It wasn’t to a roar of applause, however – ...

A woman who was kicked out of the Magic Circle for pretending to be a man has been allowed back into the prestigious society ...

Sophie Lloyd disguised herself as a man to trick her way into Britain's Magic Circle, then a men-only organization. When it ...

The men-only rule had been in place since the Circle was formed in 1905. The thinking behind it being that women just ...

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Magician who tricked her way into men-only Magic Circle given membership 34 years after expulsion - Sophie Lloyd, pretending ...

Sophie Lloyd, barred from Britain's Magic Circle for being a woman, ingeniously disguised herself as "Raymond" in 1991. For ...

Sophie Lloyd pulled off the ultimate illusion by tricking the Magic Circle, which at the time banned women, into thinking she was a man.

A woman kicked out of the UK's Magic Circle for pretending to be a man is being let back into the organisation after more than 30 years.

After fooling the conjuring body into believing she was a man, Sophie Lloyd was kicked out when she came clean – and now she’s reappeared ...