It is revealed early in the film that Lionheart’s adoring daughter Edwina is helping him. Eventually she is arrested as the prime suspect in the murders, forcing Lionheart to reveal himself to Devlin. Lionheart tells Devlin to give him the award or be killed. Devlin refuses and Lionheart plans to put out his eyes with red-hot daggers, as with Gloucester in "King Lear". His contraption gets stuck, however, just as the police arrive to save Devlin. Lionheart sets fire to the theatre and in the confusion, one of the vagrants kills Edwina by hitting her hard on the head with the award statuette, unwittingly casting her in the role of Cordelia, Lear's youngest daughter. Lionheart retreats, carrying her body to the roof and delivering Lear's final monologue before the roof caves in, sending him to his death.