Armor expert Jeffrey Forgeng describes the relationship between street fighting and stage fighting in Romeo and Juliet. To learn more, visit the exhibition website at www.folger.edu/armor.
Sword in case is a German towns-man sword, they were imported to England and although the use of the weapon had Italian influences it lead to the English rapier systems because it was not to the same specks as Italian swords of the time. One of the reasons English rapier play is so wonderful.
