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Why was the war coming?
By the late 1960s, Prince Sihanouk's domestic and foreign policy was going awry. Sihanouk struggled to balance influence between right-wing and left-wing officials in government.
was The Last Day a play?
The Last Day was a play published in 1983.
Did John Pilger write the play The Last Day?
John Pilger's play was the basis for the screenplay to The Last Day.
How did John Pilger's play, The Last Day, do

Question: what was it about
Self-contained rewrite: what was The Last Day about?