Introduction
0.1. Survey of Existing Studies on Federico Fellini
0.2. Chapter Structure

CHAPTER ONE

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1.1. Popular Entertainment in Postwar Rome: Varietà, Rivista and Avanspettacolo
1.2. At the Marc'Aurelio, where Avanspettacolo and Comic Strips Turned into Cinema

CHAPTER TWO

FELLINI'S COLLABORATIONS WITH AVANSPETTACOLO PERFORMERS
2.1. Erminio Macario and his partnership with Wanda Osiris
2.1.1. The relevance of the link: Masina like Macario
2.1.2 And Wanda Osiris like Liliana, and Ginger
2.2. Neorealism, the Commedia di Costume and Aldo Fabrizi
2.3. The Commedia di Costume and Alberto Sordi
2.3.1. Sordi, Fellini and Rossellini: Realism and Illusion Combined

CHAPTER THREE

FILM ANALYSIS
3.1. The Narrating Structure
3.2. Fellini's Theatricality: Costumes and Totò
3.3. Costumes, Sets, Music and All That's Theatre
3.4. Fellini's Grotesque

CHAPTER FOUR

CONCLUSIONS
4.1. Conclusions

APPENDIX A
List of publications divided by year

APPENDIX B
List of Film Scripts Written by Fellini

APPENDIX C
List of Theatrical Scenes Contained in Fellini's films

APPENDIX D
Varietà and Avanspettacolo Artists Who Have Worked in Fellini's Films

WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acknowledgments