Complex sentence: Nevertheless, Gilbert's burlesques were considered unusually tasteful compared to the others on the London stage, and he would depart even further from the burlesque style from about 1869 with plays containing original plots and fewer puns.
Split into simpler sentences: Nevertheless, Gilbert's burlesques were considered unusually tasteful compared to the others on the London stage. He would depart even further from the burlesque style from about 1869 with plays containing original plots and fewer puns.