 Forrest would continue to play the role for over one thousand performances around the world until 1872.Following the success of their early collaboration, Bird and Forrest would work together on further premieres of "Oralloosa, Son of the Incas" and "The Broker of Bogota".But the success of "The Gladiator" led to contract disagreements, with Bird arguing that Forrest, who had made tens of thousands from Bird's plays, owed him more than the $2,000 he had been paid.