Osric: "Nothing, neither way." – The Brolly? Ah, yes... perhaps I ought to explain... I first saw this done in the English Shakespeare Company's version of Romeo and Juliet... As soon as I saw it (all those years ago), I knew that it would be the perfect way of demonstrating that Hamlet isn't taking the fight seriously, whilst at the same time highlighting the swap-over so that the audience can easily tell who's holding the poisoned sword at any one point...