Complex sentence: Wu wrote a series of articles and a play originally published in 1951 and revised many times, on the life of Hai Rui, a Ming dynasty official, and in 1960 Wu's Beijing opera, "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office" became a great success.
Split into simpler sentences: Wu wrote a series of articles and a play originally published in 1951 and revised many times, on the life of Hai Rui, a Ming dynasty official. In 1960 Wu's Beijing opera, "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office" became a great success.