audience

One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.

When he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people, he entred into Capernaum.

She managed to get an audience with the Pope.

"Private Eye" has a small but faithful audience.

The opera singer expanded his audience by singing songs from the shows.