''Conrad Nagel Theater'' is a 30-minute American anthology series originally airing in first-run syndication from January 26, 1955 - July 14, 1955. Re-runs aired in syndication from 1956–1958.

Conrad Nagel John Conrad Nagel (March 16, 1897 – February 24, 1970) was an American film, stage, television and radio actor. He was considered a famous matinée idol and leading man of the 1920s and 1930s. He was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1940 and ...

was the host. A total of 25 episodes were adapted from classical literature, including the stories of

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

, Geofrey Chaucer,

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and a ...

, and

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

. The program was a production of Guild films. Its initial episode, "The Storm", starred Peter Trent, Betty Metcalf, and John Douglas. Another episode featured Sebastian Cabot in ''The Sandman''.

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''Conrad Nagel Theater'' at CVTA''The Sandman'' episode of ''Conrad Nagel Theater'' on YouTube
1950s American anthology television series 1955 American television series debuts 1955 American television series endings Black-and-white American television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States {{US-tv-prog-stub