Complex sentence: However, she quickly bounced back with a new box office success, "La Sorcière" by Sardou, in the role of a Moorish sorceress in love with a Christian Spaniard, leading to her persecution by the church.
Split into simpler sentences: However, she quickly bounced back with another hit, "La Sorcière" by Sardou. She played a Moorish sorceress in love with a Christian Spaniard, leading to her persecution by the church.