Weatherday: And it’s oh, bold Captain Freney!

A fairly bright early morning will gave way to clouds, then more bright spells around lunchtime.

Expect some light April showers around then, though it should be mainly a dry afternoon, then a mix of heavier showers and bright spells through the evening. High of 11deg in light to moderate northerly wind.

On this day in 1891, the first known Irish musical comedy, The Knight of the Road, written by Percy French and Dr W Houston Collisson, was staged at the Queen’s Theatre, Dublin.

(Head: From the chorus about the 'Knight of the Road', the highwayman Captain Freney.)

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