11 Facts About Watership Down

1.

Watership Down is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972.

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Adams completed a sequel almost 25 years later, in 1996, Tales from Watership Down, constructed as a collection of 19 short stories about El-ahrairah and the rabbits of the Watership Down warren.

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3.

Watership Down was rejected seven times before it was accepted by Rex Collings.

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4.

Watership Down'sbody is never found, and Groundsel, one of his former followers, continues to fervently believe in his survival.

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5.

The language was again used in Adams' 1996 sequel, Tales from Watership Down, and has appeared in both the film and television adaptations.

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6.

Watership Down can be Ireland after the famine, Rwanda after the massacres.

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7.

Adams' 1996 sequel, Tales from Watership Down includes stories where the female rabbits play a more prominent role in the Watership Down warren.

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8.

Rosen was directed to provide a record of all licence agreements involving Watership Down, and pay court costs and the Adams estate's legal fees totalling £28,000.

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9.

In 2006, Watership Down was again adapted for the stage, this time by Rona Munro.

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10.

In 2011, Watership Down was adapted for the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago by John Hildreth.

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11.

In 1984, Watership Down was adapted into a four-cassette audiobook by John Maher in association with the Australian Broadcasting Company's Renaissance Players.

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