Less than two weeks after crews filmed scenes for AMC’s “TURN: Washington’s Spies” at College of William & Mary and Colonial Williamsburg landmarks, they will return Tuesday to capture more of the living history museum on film.
The television show is set during the Revolutionary War and follows a group of childhood friends who form a spy group called the Culper Ring, which spies on the British to try to turn the tide of the war against them. Crews will be filming Tuesday at Market Square, The Magazine, the Palace Green and the Governor’s Palace, according to a news release from Colonial Williamsburg.
The Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg will remain open as crews film, and guests on scene are invited to watch the production.
Crews from the show were last in the area Oct. 1, when they filmed scenes at the Sir Christopher Wren Building and the Governor’s Palace. The show is the second major production to film in Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. HBO’s 2008 miniseries “John Adams” was the first.
“We believe that our collaboration with ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies’ will be highly advantageous for both the Foundation and the community as a whole, and we are working with the production team in hope of forging an ongoing partnership,” Janet Eason, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of marketing communications, said in a news release issued during the first round of filming.
The filming will affect the area as follows:
- Part of Market Square will be closed intermittently between late morning and late afternoon. Areas that could be affected include the Courthouse, the Market House, the Mary Dickinson Store and the Greenhow Store. The regular programs “Order in the Court” and “A Declaration of Independence” should proceed as scheduled.
- The Magazine will be closed all day.
- The west side of Palace Green Street by the Wythe House will be temporarily closed during the late afternoon. Parts of the Palace Green will also be closed during this time. The Wythe House will maintain regular hours.
- Crews will be at work at the front of the Governor’s Palace across Scotland Street to the head of the Palace Green during the early evening. The “Palace Concert: From the Collection” program scheduled for 7:30 p.m. will still be held, though guests should access the area via the stable gate.
The show is based off the book “Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring” by Alexander Rose.
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