But on the outside, there was more than one talented 'witch' who wanted to join the Magic Circle. That fact was evidenced this week by the news that the once all-male society wants to apologise ...

Now, they want her back. Sophie Lloyd, an actress, was persuaded by her friend, a magician called Jenny Winstanley, in the late 1980s to apply to the Magic Circle. Winstanley didn’t think she ...

A magician who tricked her way into the Magic Circle is finally being granted membership - 34 years after she was kicked out. Sophie Lloyd says she disguised herself as a man to fool examiners ...

That performance won Mr. Lloyd acceptance into the society, The Magic Circle, in 1991. But after revealing a few months later that he was in fact a she, the performer was ousted from the club.

I n 1991, Sophie Lloyd disguised herself as a man to trick her way into Britain's Magic Circle, then a men-only organization. When it finally began admitting women, she admitted her ruse and was ...

The Magic Circle has readmitted a female magician expelled for tricking her way into the previously all-male institution by disguising herself as a man. “We’re proud to welcome back magician ...

Sophie Lloyd convincingly played the role of Raymond Lloyd to gain access to the male-only Magic Circle over 30 years ago. The Magic Circle is on the hunt for a long-lost member who was thrown out ...

Last year, the Magic Circle began searching for Sophie Lloyd, who disguised herself as a man in 1991 to gain membership and was then ousted. On Thursday, she returned. By Amelia Nierenberg ...

"Raymond Lloyd" was granted membership of the Magic Circle in 1991 A magician who tricked her way into the Magic Circle is finally being granted membership - 34 years after she was kicked out.