Stephen published a play with his son Henry Kemble (1789–1836) entitled "Flodden Field" (1819) based on the Battle of Flodden (1513), which was performed by Thomas S. Hamblin. The text is based on Sir Walter Scott's Marmion: a tale of Flodden field. In six cantos. The play was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Thursday evening, 31 December 1818. "The European Magazine, and London Review" reported that at its debut "the whole went off without opposition, and its repetition, was received with applause."