"The rest of the audience did seem to be enjoying the performance (or may have quietly left) or were at least trying to listen to it. In any case the majority seemed to be happy for the performance to continue or were too polite to join in with the shouting-out of insults. " The Shambles
Roger, if I understand you correctly you are intimating that those who sit here quietly are either "enjoying the performance" or "happy for the performance to continue".