Once Upon a Time in Shanghai

Snapshots of Shanghai's heyday as the Vegas of Asia.

BY KATIE CELLA | AUGUST 13, 2012

The Lyceum became the home of the Amateur Dramatic Club, a British drama society founded in 1866. The expatriate community used it for staging operas, concerts, plays, and other social events until 1931, when screening movies became more popular.

Virtual Cities Project/Institut d'Asie Orientale 

 

Katie Cella is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy.