Richard is a university lecturer, looking to have a good time with Phil, the housemate and 'companion' of Robert, who works in a men's clothes shops and is, by his own admission 'Edinburgh's leading authority on inside legs'. Together they form the 'Rents' a group of men whose time can be bartered for or bought, be it by an employer or a client. Described by Time Out magazine as 'a superb and touching comedy about the lives of two rent-boys in Edinburgh', 'Rents' was first produced by the Traverse Theatre Company during the 1979 Edinburgh International Festival.