 Samuel Phelps and Mary Amelia Warner took the main roles, and the piece kept the stage for a month, though the critics were not impressed.In 1846 Stephens wrote "Dramas for the Stage", two privately printed volumes containing "Nero", "Forgery", "Sensibility", and "Philip Basil, or a Poet's Fate", four tragedies; "Self-Glorification", a Chinese play; and "Rebecca and her Daughter", a comedy.He also wrote the introduction to the "Church of England Quarterly Review", 1837, with an article, "The Slumber of the Pulpit".