Complex sentence: He first attracted significant attention in "Sweet Lavender" by Arthur Wing Pinero; in the role of the banker Geoffrey Wedderburn "he at once leapt into favour as a strong and virile representative of elderly men".
Split into simpler sentences: He first attracted significant attention in "Sweet Lavender" by Arthur Wing Pinero. In the role of the banker Geoffrey Wedderburn, "he at once leapt into favour as a strong and virile representative of elderly men".