Sophie Lloyd’s secret identity

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female magician

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had already infiltrated their

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ranks Our Story begins with Sophie Lloyd

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an actress who in 1990 joined forces

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with a magician called Jenny win Stanley

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to embark on an elaborate mission to

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make an important point and they spent

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about 18 months or so coming up with

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this deception where during that time

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would not only learn a magic act but she

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would learn to look like a man act like

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a man with the sole intention to prove

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that women were just as good as the men

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with the disguise mastered Sophie became

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Raymond she now he was accepted to the

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magic circle proving good enough to join

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the secret society a year later in 1991

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the magic circle finally decided to

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start accepting female members

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emboldened by the progress Raymond

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revealed his true identity only to find

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that the traditional institution was not

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impressed and the magic circle expelled

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Sophie Lloyd and just like that she

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disappeared her story became the stuff

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of Legend and widespread media

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speculation the mystery remains unsolved

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though the magic circle are trying to

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track her down