Lucky Timeline and Summary

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• Lucky enters the stage on a long leash and weighed down with Pozzo’s possessions.
• As Pozzo orders him about, Lucky silently complies and moves where commanded.
• Much to Estragon’s confusion, Lucky doesn’t put the bags down.
• Lucky follows Pozzo’s orders to set up the stool and hand him the picnic basket.
• Lucky stands but stoops close to the floor; he falls asleep on his feet.
• Pozzo yells for Lucky to pack away his bottle, which Lucky does immediately.
• Lucky makes no expression and gives no response when Estragon asks him for the chicken bones.
• When Pozzo remarks that Lucky would be better off killed than abandoned, Lucky weeps.
• Estragon tries to wipe his tears away (at Pozzo’s suggestion), but Lucky violently kicks Estragon in the shins.
• Upon command, Lucky begins to dance and then stops. He starts to dance again in encore.
• Pozzo commands him to think, but he is unable to do so until Vladimir places the bowler on his head, at which point he gives his long and garbled speech.
• Vladimir takes off Lucky’s hat at Pozzo’s command, and Lucky falls silent again.
• He also falls over; the men help him up repeatedly until he successfully stands on his own.
• Pozzo cracks his whip and Lucky begins to walk; both men leave the stage.
• In Act 2, Lucky reenters with Pozzo. Lucky has a new hat and is on a shorter leash this time, presumably because Pozzo is blind and needs closer guidance.
• Lucky falls asleep; Estragon beats him to wake him up.
• Pozzo reports that Lucky cannot think today, since he’s gone dumb (as in mute).
• Lucky exits with Pozzo, and the noise of the two men falling again can be heard from offstage.