The Conspirators

About “The Conspirators”

The Conspirators is a novel written by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, published in 1843. Dumas revised a preliminary version written by Maquet, marking the start of their successful collaboration, which led to eighteen novels and many plays. The story was later dramatized in five acts, a prologue, and ten tableaux. It premiered on 16 July 1849 at the Théâtre-Historique in Paris. The novel was also adapted into an opera titled Le chevalier d'Harmental, composed by André Messager with a libretto by Paul Ferrier. The opera debuted on 5 May 1896. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)