Matthew Quinn

Quinn was an English actor and a member of Lord Westmoreland's Men. Quinn agreed to play a part in Boudicca and thus also to play a part in William Cecil's plot to expel the Spanish from England.

Quinn also played a part in King Philip. During a rehersal for King Philip at which Lope de Vega was present, Quinn confused a line of King Philip with a line of Boudicca. The other English actors were shocked silent, and to cover the overreation from de Vega's suspicions William Shakespeare insulted Quinn, and Richard Burbage fired him from the troupe. An angry Quinn spoke of Boudicca at a tavern that night, but the legal authority to which he nearly betrayed the plot, Constable Strawberry, failed to understand. Soon after, Quinn was killed by Ingram Frizer to prevent him from further betraying the plot.