AMC’s Revolutionary era original series “TURN: Washington’s Spies” returns later this year for its 10-episode second season, featuring an opening scene set within the dim wooden wainscoting and the tall arched windows of the Wren Building’s Great Hall.
To turn up the excitement among the public and the College of William & Mary community, that scene will be screened at a Feb. 3 event at Phi Beta Kappa Auditorium.
The event will feature cast and producers from the show and William & Mary faculty for a discussion called “Television, History and Revolution.”
In October, the Wren Building and the Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg served as set pieces for the show. “TURN: Washington’s Spies” follows a group of childhood friends who form the Culper Ring, a clandestine group that gathers intelligence about British activities to feed to the fledgling Continental Army forces fighting the crown.
The premiere and discussion are free and open to the public, but space is limited. The college is asking anyone interested in attending to sign up for the event at this website by Jan. 28.
The discussion will feature executive producers Craig Silverstein and Barry Josephson, and Alexander Rose, the author of “Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring” of which the AMC show is a dramatized adaptation. Also attending is Jamie Bell, the actor who plays Abraham Woodhull, the show’s main character.
Joining those four are William & Mary’s Arthur Knight, an associate professor of American Studies, English and Film and Media Studies; Joshua Piker, a history professor and editor of the William & Mary Quarterly; Susan Kern, a history professor and executive director of the Historic Campus; and Karin Wulf, director of the Omohundro Institute for Early American History.
The show’s first season, which AMC says attracted a “passionate core audience” averaging 2 million viewers per week, was set in and around New York City. In addition to Williamsburg, filming for the second season took place in Richmond, Petersburg and Hanover, Henrico and Charles City counties.
The event starts at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 at Phi Beta Kappa Hall. Seating is first come, first served. If the maximum capacity of the hall is reached, the event will be closed to all others.
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