Complex sentence: Popularized in the nineteenth-century by the French playwrights Eugene Scribe and Victorien Sardou, and perhaps the most schematic of all formats, the "well-made play" relies on a series of coincidences (for better or worse) that determined the action.
Split into simpler sentences: Popularized in the nineteenth-century by the French playwrights Eugene Scribe and Victorien Sardou. Perhaps the most schematic of all formats, the "well-made play" relied on a series of coincidences (for better or worse) that determined the action.