Does anyone else find a themed crossword like this, with such a specialized topic, less than interesting? If you are not a keen follower of the theme as a hobby, this becomes a dreary slog. Not fun at all.
What I found annoying was staring at a grid with 4 or 5 non-themed answers in for some 3/4 of an hour, then getting the theme and finishing in about 10 minutes.
It can be interesting occasionally if there is a new topic for me and I have to wiki it and discover previously uninvestigated music, playwrights etc but today I finished it not really wiser having looked up a few flutterers I don.t really care about . The topic was too broad and not Saturday fare.
.........actually, 2d and 8d are the only ones that I haven't seen live, on further thought. (And 2ds are found not far from where I live, though I've never seen one).