28th April 1870 The flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of the gentlemen in the stalls Moments later they are led away by the police What followed was a scandal that shocked and titillated Victorian England in equal measure It turned out that the alluring Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton were no ordinary young women Far from it In fact, they were young men who liked to dress as women When the Metropolitan Police launched a secret campaign to bring about their downfall, they were arrested and subjected to a sensational show trial in Westminster Hall