Drama in the Dales is hoping to perform its play, ‘The Body on Killhope Moor’, this summer. It is based on a mystery surrounding human remains found in a coffin at Killhope, in Weardale, in 1921. Durham-based researcher and historian Barbara Crosbie said: “The play will use some artistic licence when it comes to the story. “We have a very gifted and talented team of playwrights working on it. “In terms of research, what we know is that a body was found by a farmer Titus Harrison, at Killhope. “There had been a bad storm the night before and he had gone out to check on his flock when he found a box – it turned out to be an old coffin.