Lucky (Waiting for Godot)

Mehdi Bajestani, as Lucky, (from a production by Naqshineh Theatre).

Lucky is a character from Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He is a slave to the character Pozzo.[1]

Lucky is unique in a play where most of the characters talk incessantly: he only utters two sentences, one of which is more than seven hundred words long (the monologue). Lucky suffers at the hands of Pozzo willingly and without hesitation. He is "tied" (a favourite theme in Godot) to Pozzo by a ridiculously long rope in the first act, and then a similarly ridiculous short rope in the second act.[2] Both tie around his neck. When he is not serving Pozzo, he usually stands in one spot drooling, or sleeping if he stands there long enough. His props include a picnic basket, a coat, and a suitcase full of sand.

  1. ^ Times, The New York (2007-10-30). The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, Second Edition: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind. Macmillan. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-312-37659-8.
  2. ^ Listengarten, Julia (2000). Russian Tragifarce: Its Cultural and Political Roots. Susquehanna University Press. pp. 171–173. ISBN 978-1-57591-033-8.