Shanghai's entertainment centers tended to cluster together in one district; most cinemas, opera houses, and theaters stood together in an area called "Recreation Ground." It was customary to attend a theatrical performance or screening earlier in the evening and then drift toward a dance hall or cabaret.

Above, a mostly European audience watches a play in one of Shanghai's theaters.

Virtual Cities Project/Institut d'Asie Orientale 

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