Complex sentence: However, following the abolition of the Lord Chamberlain in 1968, there was a growing permissiveness in what could be presented on stage, and in the 1980s, while ailing with leukaemia, Rodney Ackland rewrote aspects of this play and re-titled it "Absolute Hell".
Split into simpler sentences: However, following the abolition of the Lord Chamberlain in 1968, there was a growing permissiveness in what could be presented on stage. In the 1980s, while ailing with leukaemia, Rodney Ackland rewrote aspects of this play and re-titled it "Absolute Hell".