Complex sentence: Mary Martin played TV's Peter Pan for the third time on December 8,1960 and this version was recorded on color videotape, and repeated in 1963,1966, and 1973, as a special program rather than part of "Producer's Showcase".
Split into simpler sentences: Mary Martin played TV's Peter Pan for the third time on December 8,1960 and this version was recorded on color videotape, and repeated in 1963,1966, and 1973. This 1960 version wa presented as a stand-alone special program rather than as part of "Producer's Showcase".