Edmund sends Lear and Cordelia to prison, where Lear rejoices that they will be together, and secretly orders a captain to kill them. Albany arrests Edmund for treason, and Regan, poisoned by Goneril, falls ill. The disguised Edgar answers the trumpet, defeats Edmund in single combat, and reveals himself, telling how Gloucester died of joy and grief when Edgar made himself known. Word comes that Goneril has killed herself after poisoning Regan. The dying Edmund repents and tries to cancel his order, but too late. Lear enters with Cordelia dead in his arms and dies over her body. Albany asks Kent and Edgar to rule, but Kent says he must soon follow his master.
Edmund sends Lear and Cordelia to prison, where Lear rejoices that they will be together, and secretly orders a captain to kill them. Albany arrests Edmund for treason, and Regan, poisoned by Goneril, falls ill. The disguised Edgar answers the trumpet, defeats Edmund in single combat, and reveals himself, telling how Gloucester died of joy and grief when Edgar made himself known. Word comes that Goneril has killed herself after poisoning Regan. The dying Edmund repents and tries to cancel his order, but too late. Lear enters with Cordelia dead in his arms and dies over her body. Albany asks Kent and Edgar to rule, but Kent says he must soon follow his master.