Introduction to "Issues in Review: New developments in commedia research", 141-240, guest editor M A Katritzky. The first of six articles in this section, it introduces the five further articles, by Maria Ines Aliverti (158-180), Rosalind Kerr (181-197), Erith Jaffe-Berg (198-211), Stefano Mengarelli (156-7 & 212-226) and Robert Henke (227-240) and reviews recent significant developments and publications in the field of commedia dell'arte studies
