Complex sentence: His story has been researched and recounted by local historians Ruth Dixon, Willard R. Espy, and Sydney Stevens, and was the subject of a play, "The Hanging of Lum You" by the Oysterville-based Shoalwater Storytellers.
Split into simpler sentences: His story has been researched and recounted by local historians Ruth Dixon, Willard R. Espy, and Sydney Stevens. You was also the subject of a biographical play, "The Hanging of Lum You" by the Oysterville-based Shoalwater Storytellers.