Complex sentence: Bannister had a fine bass voice, and acquired a reputation as a singer at Ranelagh Gardens and elsewhere, as well as an actor, and was received with such favour that David Garrick engaged him for Drury Lane.
Split into simpler sentences: Bannister had a fine bass voice, and acquired a reputation as a singer at Ranelagh Gardens and elsewhere, as well as an actor. He was received with such favour that David Garrick engaged him for Drury Lane.