What is "pozzo"

Pozzo is a character from Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot. His name is Italian for "well" (as in "oil well").

On the surface he is a pompous, sometimes foppish, aristocrat (he claims to live in a manor, own many slaves and a Steinway piano), cruelly using and exploiting those around him (specifically his slave, Lucky and, to a lesser extent, Estragon). He wears similar clothes to Vladimir and Estragon (i.e. a bowler and suit), but they are not in the dire condition theirs are. He sometimes wears a heavy "greatcoat" that is usually carried by Lucky. His props include a whip, a pipe, a monocle, a breath freshener , and a pocket watch. Beckett indicates in the stage directions that he is completely bald, although this direction is rarely taken in productions of the play.

Pozzo may refer to:

• Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709) was an Italian Jesuit Brother, Baroque painter and architect, decorator, stage designer, and art theoretician
• Giampaolo Pozzo is an Italian businessman. He and his family own three football clubs: Udinese Calcio in Italy, Granada CF in Spain and Watford F.C. in England
• Gino Pozzo (1965-) owns and runs Watford F.C. and is the son of Giampaolo Pozzo
• Guido Pozzo (1951-) is a Catholic priest who was appointed by Benedict XVI to head the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
• Pozzo (Waiting for Godot) is a character from Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot
• Vittorio Pozzo (1886–1968) was an Italian football (soccer) coach