White Shirt Weaponry

Our beloved trouser-mezzos are frequently required to play heros – this is, after all, part of their charm. Heroics can take many forms but quite often our hero has to battle with the foe and overcome insurmountable difficulties to get the girl. Looking at the weapons available to them we come across the usual arsenal of knives, daggers, swords and guns as well as personal attributes such as guile, bravery, determination and pure heroism. Here are a few examples: -

A lethal looking knife for a Sesto who could probably do some damage with those eyebrows too.

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Look out, this Sesto means business – the cuffs are rolled up!

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No sword handy so Octavian improvises with a kitchen knife.

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Very dexterous sword-play indeed from Ruggiero.

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This Romeo sports the traditional matching black ensemble.

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Whereas this Romeo has self-destructive tendencies with a really fancy rapier.

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Some stylish brandishing from Octavian  ….

with a fire-side poker!

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“Just put the flute down slowly Ma’am and no-one will get hurt”

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All images are screengrabs from readily available video extracts or DVDs and,

if you didn’t know already, the hero in the spotlight is Vesselina Kasarova.

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