This guide for actors concisely collects many common movement principles such as use of breath, alignment, relaxation, imagery, and surroundings.

The acting process is an interlocking trinity: the person, the actor, and the character. The person has habits and idiosyncrasies cultivated over the years in response to life experiences. The actor may have developed another set of behaviors that manifest themselves during a performance. The exercises within this text will guide the user toward making the necessary choices needed to achieve the extension of self to character—whether that involves utilizing personal traits that are congruent to a character's make-up, or discarding personal habits which do not fit.

Movement: From Person to Actor to Character concisely collects many common movement principles such as use of breath, alignment, relaxation, imagery, and surroundings. Illustrations are included which provide the actor with a basic knowledge of the human body and function that can serve as a foundation for advanced movement techniques. Case studies outline a variety of characterization projects from a range of well-known plays, to further illustrate some of the exercises within the text. Mitchell's text will be useful for beginning to intermediate movement courses or as a supplement to acting or directing courses, or by actors seeking to enrich their movement technique.

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Acknowledgments
Part 3 Introduction
Part 4 Part One: Body and Care
Chapter 5 Your Body: Structure and Function
Chapter 6 Actor as Athlete
Part 7 Part Two: Person to Actor
Chapter 8 Relaxation
Chapter 9 Alignment
Chapter 10 Breath
Chapter 11 Center
Chapter 12 Sound and Movement
Chapter 13 Imagery
Chapter 14 Space, Time, Weight, and Action
Chapter 15 Environment, Properties, and Costumes
Part 16 Part Three: Character
Chapter 17 Character and Relaxation
Chapter 18 Character and Alignment
Chapter 19 Character and Breath
Chapter 20 Character and Center
Chapter 21 Character: Sound and Movement
Chapter 22 Character and Imagery
Chapter 23 Character: Space, Time, Weight, and Action
Chapter 24 Character: Environment, Properties, and Costumes
Part 25 Case Studies
Part 26 Conclusion
Part 27 Bibliography
Part 28 Plays Cited
Part 29 Index
Part 30 About the Author