Complex sentence: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe considered writing a play about Tell himself, but eventually he inspired his friend Schiller to the task, who wrote the play in 1803-04, which had its debut performance on March 17,1804, in Weimar.
Split into simpler sentences: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe considered writing a play about Tell himself, but eventually he inspired his friend Schiller to the task. He wrote the play in 1803-04, and it had its debut performance on March 17,1804, in Weimar.