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Vic1|vɪk|
colloq. abbrev. of Victoria2, used to denote the Royal Victoria Theatre, London (popularly known as the Old Vic).
1858G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1859) 269 There is a transpontine theatre, situated laterally towards the Waterloo Road... This is the Royal Victoria Theatre... It is popularly termed the ‘Vic’. 1888Kipling Soldiers Three (1890) 55 'Ave you ever bin in the Pit hentrance o' the Vic. on a thick night? 1915Times 3 Oct. 11/5 At the Royal Victoria Hall (‘the Old Vic’)..a Shakesperian season opened last night. 1951Oxf. Compan. Theatre 582/1 In 1833 it [sc. the Coburg Theatre] was renamed the Victoria, from the fact that Princess (later Queen) Victoria visited it once. It soon became affectionately known as the Old Vic. 1972W. Garner Ditto, Brother Rat! iv. 32 The Vic bars get pretty hectic, especially with only one interval. 1976Vogue 15 Mar. 15/3 So goodbye Old Vic, tiptoeing off into the wings of theatrical history. |