A Play About Nova Scotia's Role in the War of 1812

From the March 24, 2014, Halifax (Can.) Herald "How Nova Scotia fared in War of 1812."

Paul Robinson has done a lot of research on Halifax and Nova Scotia's role in the war and has made it into a play "Never a Syllable."  He says the title comes from an American Congressman opposed to the war back then who said that never a syllable was mentioned about the importance of Halifax.

One of the topics of the play is the 220 sailors from the naval ship who were sent from Halifax overland to crew a ship at Kingston, Ontario, despite the fact that there were no roads.  A character in the play is Enos Collins, a privateer from Nova Scotia, who made a lot of money from it.  Collins was born in Liverpool in 1774 and was said to be the richest man in Canada when he died in 1871.

Entertainment and History At the Same Time.  --Brock-Perry