Noted actor and author Greg Bell's long-awaited collection of poetry and short essays, Looking for Will: My Bardic Quest with Shakespeare, encompasses his life-long relationship with the Bard, Shakespeare's works and the times in which he lived, as well as rare insights into Bell's quest.

Due to his long exposure to all aspects of Shakespeare's works and his decades-long inquiry into Shakespeare's life, Bell feels he's been mentored by the Bard himself. This is evident in the work of Looking for Will, where that same intimacy that graced his multiple-award-winning...