Complex sentence: One running gag was that nobody can pronounce "Epidamnum," a place mentioned several times over the course of the play--after each stammering attempt, all onstage actors would stop, point toward the supposed location, then resume their activities.
Split into simpler sentences: One running gag was that nobody can pronounce "Epidamnum," a place mentioned several times over the course of the play. After each stammering attempt, all onstage actors would stop, point toward the supposed location, then resume their activities.