 In 2006 , Watership Down was again adapted for the stage , this time by Rona Munro . It ran at the Lyric Hammersmith in London . Directed by Melly Still , the cast included Matthew Burgess , Joseph Traynor , and Richard Simons . The tone of the production was inspired by the tension of war : in an interview with The Guardian , Still commented , " The closest humans come to feeling like rabbits is under war conditions ... We 've tried to capture that anxiety . " A reviewer at The Times called the play " an exciting , often brutal tale of survival " and said that " even when it ’ s a muddle , it ’ s a glorious one . " 
