Cecily Harrington

In the stage play Love from a Stranger, Cecily Harrington is a young woman living in London. She shares a flat with Mavis Wilson in Bayswater. When Cecily wins a large sum of money she breakes off her engagement to Nigel Lawrence.

The character of Cecily Harrington is a rewriting of the character Alix Martin from the short story Philomel Cottage, from which the play is adapted.